A cow that has occupied the centre of a busy Sector 31 junction, calmly and continuously, for the better part of six years has been named an honorary traffic warden in recognition of its sustained and unpaid contribution to the regulation of the city’s traffic.
“She slows everyone,” said a commuter who passes the junction daily. “Not from malice. From presence. The lights may fail, the warden may be absent, but she is always there, in the middle, reminding us that no one is in as much of a hurry as they believe.”
Authority without office
The institution regards the appointment as fitting recognition of a form of civic authority that requires no uniform — the quiet power to make an entire city pause, breathe, and reconsider its pace, exercised daily without complaint or compensation.
“Some wardens carry a whistle. Ours carries only stillness, and it is enough.”— Office of Civic Memory
A small plaque is proposed for the traffic island, where the warden may continue her duties undisturbed. She was unavailable for comment, being, at the time of inquiry, on duty.
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