A day after this paper carried extensive front page reportage about the ongoing Metro III construction hitting businesses of those located in its path, small entrepreneurs are still counting their losses.

While infrastructure growth is necessary for a city bursting at its seams and multiplying every day, it needs to come at minimal cost to its citizens. There needs to be a long-term, holistic look at situations and the effect development will have, even before undertaking a project. Metro III barriers may have been unavoidable, but our planners could have tried their best to mitigate the harmful effects, the biggest of which is obstructing visibility of the commercial establishments located behind these barriers.