Vijay argues against IIM-C Professor Mritiunjoy Mohanty’s contention that the Rs. 1 lakh car is good for India.
Transport statistics for Chennai city on March 31, 2002 reveals that the city has about 2700 kilometres of road. Non-commercial motor cars on the same date in the city number 325000. One would not be wrong in assuming that the numbers today would reveal that the number of motor cars has gone up by a much higher percentage than the length of roads.
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Prashant
Jan 9th, 2008 at 4:22 am | #
Rs 1 lakh car is a common man’s ‘Dream come true’.
But there are some hypocrats in our socity who find it difficult to digest that even a common man will drive a car which was a status symbol for few.
These hypocrats will now point out towards the Emmission,road conjuntions & poor infrastructure in India.
All these problems were there when these people were driving their ‘Esteemed’ cars & nobody had spoken about it.
If we want a views on 1 lakh car, ask to a common man of who is waiting egarly for this techno-commersial wonder by Mr Ratan Tata
It’s a big leap towards the social justice.
Hats off to Mr Ratan Tata
Aditya
Jan 12th, 2008 at 10:53 pm | #
Its a great idea. For millions of us dreaming of a car, that dream is here. For the world which worries about the environment let them find a solution. Because its a problem these new car owners will inherit rather than create. For the rest of the world which will own these cars it will be a safer, more comfortable drive home.For the Indian government its only going to accelerate and bring forth the issue of infrastructure already in dumps. For Tatas another feather in the cap and a huge export market.