Problems in Interconnectivity between Delhi and neighbouring cities

I also posted this on Mypage5 blog: I hope that this New Year has bought tons of happiness for you and your near and dear ones. While one might criticize me for being too much worrying kind of a person when it comes to traffic problems in and around Delhi, I cannot help it. One such issue is the inter-connectivity between NCR region cities- Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. This refers to the timely availability of public transport like Metro Trains(in progress), buses, Autos as well as Taxis between these cities. These cities do have public buses as well as private buses running between them. However, the service varies from being reasonably good between Delhi and Noida, to fewer and less frequent buses between Delhi and Faridabad, or from Delhi to Ghaziabad(mostly private operators). This service is also not too good between Gurgaon and Delhi. Autos are also there but they charge too much for inter-city travels, say Rs.200/- when they should be asking Rs.100/- !! The situation becomes quite bad like in case of going from Faridabad to Noida, because one has to pass through Delhi in between. One hs to change at many places and unless one has a private vehicle, one is bound to have many problems and lots of commute time. Governments are taking steps to improve the situation, however, this is not happening fast enough. Then, there are certain political issues as well as non-cooperation between Governments that create problems. I hope that more citizens from each city come forward and pressurise the governments to resolve the issue. Will this actually happen depends a lot on us and me included !!