trafic jams in Mumnbai and New Delhi

To be confined to homes or offices or trafic jams? that is the question uppermost in the minds of Delhikars and Mumbaikars. It is well nigh impossible to get out of the house in the morning during the office hours i.e. 8 am to 12 pm and you are alsways stuck in the traffic . It takes hours together to reach the place of work. The staff members start in the morning at 6 a.m. to reach office at 8 am. and those who leave in the evening at 6 pm reach home at 9 p.m.
In Mumbai, I wait till about 10 p.m. to commute from the workplace to reach home. After 10 p.m. when the traffic is less, it takes me only 30 minutes to reach home at Juhu from Nariman Point. My outings also start at late hours say 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.to avoid the traffic jams and enjoy the peaceful, hasslefree nightlife in Mumbai. However, in New Delhi , I am back home by 9 p.m. There is no night life for me in New Delhi.
Traffic jams are worse in Pune, Jaipur, Agra and other smaller towns. There is no disciplene. There is no awareness of driving rules like drive in the same lane do not change the lane,autorikshas and bicycles can not occupy the centre or the first lane. The unruly overtaking , speed, the sudden crossing and dash by the pedestrians, the vast number of private vehicles plying on the roads are some of the problems. I have been driving variety of cars for last several years all over India, I find it difficult to drive on the highways and in cities mainly becauses the buses and trucks are the speedsters, come on to you and cause accidents.Most of the time these are fatal accidents. Many a time, when I am driving a car on the high way, I imagine or see my car being toppled and crushed by heavy vehicle. It is like a premonition and shudder at the thought. Fortunately, I drive big cars like Lancer and Sonata or earlier BMW and Honda Acord. Hence I feel that there will be no loss of life. I always fasten my seatbelt and make others to do that.
I interact with many traffic police in the cities and highways and thery all complain to me to do something about the unruly traffic. Their main complain is that there are exorbitant number of verhicles on the road and the roads and infrastructure almost remain the same. The plight of Mumbai city is the worst. More and more sky scrapers are coming up . There is only vertical growth in buildings. However, the traffic congestion, water and elctricty shortage, car parking problems have multiplied. The mega cities of Mumbai and New Delhi are not livable.