Frustrating situation

Dear Sir,

Traffic jams are quite common on the access point to the D Ring Road from the Halolul Street these days. The situation is frustrating.  
It takes a lot of efforts and patience to reach the D Ring Road. I face the problem almost every day. The accompanying picture explains it all.

Anil, (e-mail address supplied)


UN must get its act together

Dear Sir,

We are living  in a time of chaos. Wars and genocide devastate vast tracts of land globally.
The United Nations has failed to reflect the democratic aspiration of the world.
If the primary aim as envisaged by UN founders was to spare humanity from “the scourge of war”, then it would not be wrong to argue that it has failed. The ongoing  carnage in Syria is a bloody example. The UN remains powerless to bring an end to the Syrian crisis.
The situation is alarming and the outlook is bleak. The UN has to get its act together. And fast also.

Farouk Araie, farouk.araie@telkomsa.net

A case for uniform cut in oil output

Dear  Sir,

I feel that the  proposal to freeze oil output at the  January level is not going to succeed in the long run because of increased production from Iran. The issues revolving around market share will be aggravated with the freezing of output. Instead, Opec and  producers outside the group may set a target cut in percentage uniformly across the  board.

Girish R Edathitta, girionnet@rediffmail.com