Can ‘Green’ Signal Make You Stop?

Engines turn off, tyres creak and vehicles come to a grinding halt. Nay. Not to honour the red signal on a road junction. This is the result of ‘Green’ signal. Yes absolutely green. This signal never goes off. Why. Everything that is green finds a permanent place there. Vegetables, leafy vegetables, watermelons…what not..! All that green is sold. Unlike Sarojini Naidu’s Bazaars of Hyderabad’ of bygone days, these marketplaces allow no vehicle to move on.

People engrossed in buying fresh vegetables at display inches away from the road with hands stretched and knees bent down, they never care if a speeding vehicle tramples over them. But they are quick to get into quarrel with a motorist, if comes close and avoids an accident to happen with his expertise. Sometimes quarrels flare up between the seller and buyer over a bargain, only to gather crowds. These incidents create unexpected blockade.

No doubt it’s a fascinating stop for the locals as the products sold out here are farm fresh. That is why, bazaars like these are gaining popularity and such vicinities are becoming everyone’s choice. Booming vegetable market of this kind attracts the youth from neighbouring colonies to stop by. They take a stroll or munch quick snacks making it a hangout place. This further makes traffic woes worse. At the end commuters need to suffer at vendors’ delight

-Yashodhara