KOLKATA -- Commuters look out in surprise from windows of cars and buses. Some passersby occasionally stop to click pictures. The subject of their interest is a man who literally makes managing busy traffic on a bustling east Kolkata road a song and a dance.
Braving the heat, Ashok Gupta, 59, in a fluorescent orange jacket and helmet, shows off his innovative dance steps while directing vehicles near Gate No. 4 at Rajarhat's Eco Tourism Park for 12 hours a day, six days a week -- managing to draw a smile or two from passing commuters.
A resident of Hooghly district's Dankuni, Gupta is not a traffic cop. He has been appointed by a private security company that has been outsourced the job of flagging through heavy vehicles supplying material for the ongoing Garia-Airport Metro railway project.
Gupta, an avid fan of Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, constantly plays old Hindi numbers like "Chala jata hu... Kisi ke dhun pe" and "Ek larki peheli baar" on his cell phone.
"I face no issues in managing the traffic while dancing. I just connect the head phones of my mobile to my ears and get lost in the music," he said.
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