There is a
certain grossly distasteful practice that has gripped our cities and towns in
recent times. It is that of cordoning off and blocking part of a street so that
a public ceremony can be held in that part of the street.
What happens
is that an organizer of an event goes to the local authorities and pays for the
“service”. The former then erects canopies and places chairs in the allotted
place. Provision is equally made for loud street music. Such events are usually
held for funerals but sometimes too for the promotion of businesses. Usually
these arrangements are made without any due consideration for street users such
as motorists and pedestrians, the result being that when the latter move up or
down the street to that point and find that the road is blocked, they turn back
in disappointment.
The Post newspaper reacted by saying that as
a consequence of streets being blocked in this way, “students have missed
classes and examinations, workers have lost their jobs and believers have gone
late or missed services that would have led them to heaven.”
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