after the disastrous second wave of covid19 where india went under a strict lockdown for the second time we are slowly and only recently seeing the situation develop into a phase of unlocking with vaccination drives taking full swing with all the things happening simultaneously as we proceed with our daily tasks commuting still remains a very big part of our everyday activities it is now an added challenge for india to commute with fuel prices hiked massively and travelling by public transport still not considered safe due to added exposure in the covid 19 situation such small changes are bound to affect the mental health of a person drastically as it challenges the daily activities when many are already going through tough times in a country like india where we have a high population and demand for public transportation over personal vehicles carpooling is the smartest option to commute says lakshna jha ceo sride it is necessary that indians become open to the thought of carpooling considering few things listed belowcost efficient and combined benefitcarpooling apps are always cost efficient over opting for personal rides as they are not asset heavy but community based which means it is easy on the pocket we have the benefit of a safe environment around us where one can collectively save on fuel and expenses and avoid extreme public exposuretravel with the ones you knowwith carpooling you get to travel with the people you already know which gives you a sense of familiarity with their habits and brings in a higher level of comfort and safetyrelevance of technology digital indiawith the technological infrastructure of carpooling apps which are also location based and the huge user base that they have it lets us connect with familiar people easily and quickly digitallyboost to ones mental health by social bubbles and long term communities createdconnecting with familiar people and socialising in these covid times is very important as this boosts ones mental health by initiating an established concept called social bubble carpooling apps will help people connect even post covid19 to find like minded people in the community by connecting socially based on skills interests or even for jobsdrives corporate relationslarge organisations that have adopted a hybrid model are encouraging their employees to travel to work with familiar people it becomes easier to drive to one place together if it is a daily commute to your workplace with your colleagues and people having offices in the same location one gets the chance to connect and build corporate relationships out of office while travelling as well as having the comfort of knowing the people they travel with in respect to their hygiene standards