VIDEO: SENIOR CITIZEN SCOLDS BIKERS FOR RIDING ON FOOTPATH; TWITTER CALLS HER 'HERO'
Home > News Shots > IndiaA senior citizen from Maharashtra's Pune city stood up to fight against pedestrians woes. Identified as Nirmala Gokhale, she tried her bit to fight against bikers not following rules.
A video of Gokhale scolding bikers riding on the pavement in Pune has been going viral. The video has been shared by Roads of Mumbai on their social media handle. They captioned the video saying, "This aunty from Pune is an inspiration to many. Well done Ma'am. Shame on Bikers who ride on footpaths. It's sad to see senior citizens have to do the job what traffic police is supposed to do in our country."
In the video, Gokhale can be seen standing with hands on her hip on the sidewalk of an extremely busy Canal road near SNDT college. The moment she sees bikers coming towards her on the pavement. She starts scolding and asks them to get down on the road.
This video is currently going viral and has garnered over 242 k views; many have hailed her courage and other asked her to join the traffic police.
After the video going viral, even Pune Police took note of the video commented on it. Watch the inspiring woman and video below:
This aunty from Pune is an inspiration to many. Well done Ma'am.
Shame on Bikers who ride on footpaths. It's sad to see senior citizens have to do the job what traffic police is supposed to do in our country.@nnatuTOI @mumbaimatterz @MNCDFbombay @mid_daypic.twitter.com/AB1TWmQPRW
— Roads of Mumbai 🇮🇳 (@RoadsOfMumbai) February 21, 2020
Noted, We will definitely work on it.
— PUNE POLICE (@PuneCityPolice) February 21, 2020
Hats off to senior citizens of Pune for teaching the riders some civic sense.
— madhukar upadhya (@madhukaru) February 21, 2020
Government has to move fast with infrastructure and that to keeping in mind of the traffic in Future!
— Gopal Das (@GopaldDas) February 21, 2020
Government has to move fast with infrastructure and that to keeping in mind of the traffic in Future!
— Gopal Das (@GopaldDas) February 21, 2020
Two wheeler riders are a menace.
— दिनेश सीरवी (@TheDineshSpeaks) February 21, 2020
This happens everywhere in India. Indians are proud of not obeying rule of the road.
— budbukbum (@budbukbum1) February 21, 2020
