Being a Traffic Volunteer

I received a call from the NCC Unit saying I had to be detailed regarding Traffic Volunteering Activity for the Ganpati Visarjan Procession in the city and also given the team I was to lead... We were a group of 13 including me and a total of 4 groups. We had to divert all incoming traffic.

It was really fun as people actually listened us... We were in our NCC Uniform and the people gave us due respect. But then there are various kinds of people. I must have diverted nothing less than a hundred people. Some of them were good, some of them troubled. Atleast I got to know what kind of people are around us. Some like troubling just for the sake of it. I remember an old man on cycle who had to go a very long way because of the diversion, but a rule is a rule, and it is the same for everyone.

I really admire Maharashtra Police for having arranged excellent food facilities and other snacks. It was more than sufficient. Infact there were a lot of food packets left untouched. I wanted to distribute the food among the beggars nearby but was a little hesitant to put forward the plan at first. But I was amazed at its response from junior cadets at the time of final dispersion when all the 4 groups had come together... The next moment I was on my way with a few volunteers distributing the food packets to the beggars around. It really feels nice to be doing such a thing. They look upon you as a god.

The biggest shock came to me when I asked my juniors whether they wanted to volunteer more and they gave me a very enthusiastic and JOSHFUL yes !!! I thought by the end of a long tiring day, they all must be dead tired because it was actually tiring. Sometimes juniors' josh pumps you to the hilt. But I had to give them the bad news of our departure...

In the end it was great working with my colleagues and juniors all day but there is always an end to all good stories. Our's was no exception !