Souvik Das Gupta (@souvikdg)

New Delhi, India

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December 4th, 2015

@keeperofthekeys 1. I didn’t imply that Government salaries are unimportant. 2. Debate is around MLA salaries only. @bhavyakhanna

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@bhavyakhanna Doesn’t matter even if their basic was higher. So many more important issues to question than pay hike of 70 individuals.

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@roshankar Is there any link / document elaborating this?

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@ap00rv Never said they don’t have a right. But question if the city is improving at a good pace or not rather than the hike itself.

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Salary hike is now a public debate?! What idiocy.

I don’t mind if MLAs take 10x salary. Give me a better life in this city, that’s all.

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@nigelbabu I hereby invite myself to your place this Christmas. @atti_cus

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@atti_cus Get the chocolate bars by Mason & Co. @BlueTokaiCoffee stock it at their roastery (in Saidulajab).

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@bhavyakhanna Sahi baat hai, magar kisi raat airport pe hi rukna pad gaya to bohut takleef hogi unhe. :P

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Bhaiyon, Modi saab ke gaadi ka number kya hai?

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I wait for 2017 by when Delhi’s public transport network is expected to get a major push.

Counting down ~400 days.

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@pranesh @bhavyakhanna Hmm. Were these cities’ public transport infrastructure as fragile?

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@bhavyakhanna Beijing seems to have done it for a brief period and compensated for inconvenience.

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@bhavyakhanna Hardly any city that is comparable to Delhi in size, population, public transport infra, etc.

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@bhavyakhanna Oho, I know that. But sort it out fast. Or implement stop gap (short term) measures for parking → would have welcomed that.

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@bhavyakhanna 1. Metro is growing fine, no major complains. 2. Rolling out buses should be faster. 3. Need information systems to adopt.

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@abhijeetmk My argument is that this step **is** forced idealism. “Give up car”, is idealism.

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@bhavyakhanna Why are we waiting forever for public transport improvement? Like why? You seem to have accepted that as a reality.

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@abhijeetmk Okay I don’t know where you’re heading here, because that last two tweets I agree with.

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@abhijeetmk BRT was a something better than nothing. Today you called it a disaster.

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@bhavyakhanna Someone say → twitter.com/sandygrains/st….

Also, in which Delhi-like city has it been successful? I’d like to know how.

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@abhijeetmk I stand by it. BRT was a short term experiment. A ‘let’s try it and see’ step. Not well thought through. Inconvenienced masses.

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When people say “good ‘short term’ step” I suspect collective hallucination. BRT ?
Need quick steps that are good for long term.

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@abhijeetmk Gut says there are 10 times more private petrol cars than private diesel cars.

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@abhijeetmk LOL. As if petrol vehicles don’t smoke.

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Private vehicle owners will not take public transport that creases their formal wear or dusts the leather shoes by the time they reach work.

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Delhi Govt should take a feather from BMTC and roll out a fleet of Volvo buses with humble staff that car owners wouldn’t mind taking.

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Every few months there’s a report on proposed plan for additional buses. No real change on ground. Also invest in information systems.

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Delhi Govt, if pollution control measures involve restricting private vehicles start with improving public transport in a time bound manner.

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sandygrains @thetanmay doesn’t work. they introduced it in china or japan (forget which) and everyone ended up buying two cars. same traffic.

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@bhavyakhanna By the way, I understand where you are coming from. Just that I think they need to take a stab at fixing the foundation first.

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@bhavyakhanna You are comparing seat belts (or helmets) with choice of transport? At least pick something comparable.

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@bhavyakhanna Not if flouting rules is easier than those alternatives. Rarely have a bans changed behaviour.

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@bhavyakhanna It’s a great call, provided certain foundations are laid. Without the latter it’s chaos.

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@bhavyakhanna Decision doesn’t become good by virtue of being ‘unpopular’ or ‘not easy’. That way they could’ve simply banned pvt. vehicles.

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@bhavyakhanna Has to be supported by improving public transport networks. Extend the Metro timings, Buses, Auto availability, etc.

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ANI_news Delhi Govt decides that from 1st Jan 2016, private vehicles with odd number plates & even number plates are to ply on alternate days.

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