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8 Year Old Bengaluru Boy Writes To PM Modi, Complaining About Traffic Mess Caused By Under-Construction Bridge

Why This 8 Year Old Bengaluru Boy's Letter To PM Modi Is A Lesson To All Of Us
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: (AFP OUT) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers remarks to the news media after holding a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and their respective foreign policy teams at the United Nations headquarters September 28, 2015 in New York City. Modi and Obama are in New York City to attend the 70th anniversary general assembly meetings. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: (AFP OUT) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers remarks to the news media after holding a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and their respective foreign policy teams at the United Nations headquarters September 28, 2015 in New York City. Modi and Obama are in New York City to attend the 70th anniversary general assembly meetings. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Every day, eight-year-old Abhinav would wait at the railway crossing near Goraguntepalya junction on Bengaluru's outer Ring Road, on his way to school. With dozens of other commuters, the class III student would be stuck in the traffic snarls caused by an under-construction flyover project that is already delayed. Unlike others around him, he took the initiative to take matters in his own hand, and drafted a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reported TOI.

Abhinav's letter says that the traffic mess is affecting "not just people's health, but also my studies." According to the report in The Times of India, Abhinav stays in Doddabommasandra, Vidyaranyapura and has to travel 45 minutes everyday to cover a distance of 3 kilometres to reach National Public School in Yeshwanthpur.

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to the letter and asked the railways to look into the matter, reported TOI.

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