I wanna vent about the faux pas…any takers?
11th July, 2006 shall be itched as the black Tuesday in the Indian history. Seven bomb blasts ravaged the local trains of Mumbai at the peak hour that took many a lives leaving behind orphaned homes & families.
The ruptured dismembered bodies of victims along with the blood-spattered gore were overwhelming to those who experienced this incident first-hand. The scene at the railway stations was that of personified pandemonium. Everyone was in a state of limbo.
Abatement from the assault came in the form of shopkeepers & squatters who sell/roam along the railway tracks. Everyone helped everyone else in a monotonic demeanour.
As minutes ticked away…frustrations knew no bounds. The police & the local authorities were blamed. But the fact of the matter is that when there is a catastrophe of such magnitude it is utter chaos. There is a vacuum of anything between 10 to 30mins before proper response is received from the concerned authorities. So the blame game was actually unwarranted here.
The reason for venting today is the aftermath of this disaster. The police, the fire brigade & municipal authorities doubled-up to brace with the situation. To add to this, they had to deal with the political leaders who came for a “dekho” of the situation & deliver a galvanized rhetoric statement that never condenses or fructifies. Not a penny see the light of day nor a widow or orphan reinstated or employed.
The minister has got yet another chance to be at the forefront of a situation & gain some cheap mileage. Impose his/her party’s propaganda more than the issue on hand. One yatra by a “Z” security neta measures to bolstered security, roadblocks & re-direction of traffic.
So last Tuesday… we have a bomb blast, hundreds of injured individuals, harassed hospital authorities & workers, police officers & there likes. And then a call from Nai Dilli to announce the arrival of maam & mantriji’s.
Quick...quick… drop the petty salvage issues of saving lives. There are more important things to do. Organize a squad for our very special dignitaries. Seal off the main artery of the road traffic segment. We do not want Soniaji, lalooji, R R Patilji & Shindeji to undergo any discomfort due to the fact that the city has plunged into a wasted abyss. The ambulances, equipments & human help can wait or take another route.
Will we ever experience redemption from hollow acts of kindness & get down to ground level realities? Could the honourable ministers not monitor the situation from their respective establishments leaving the uncouth task of dealing with the aftermath to the professionals? Could we not have saved time, energy & money along with precious man resources that was the need of the hour?
Copyright © BuntysBanter 2006
The ruptured dismembered bodies of victims along with the blood-spattered gore were overwhelming to those who experienced this incident first-hand. The scene at the railway stations was that of personified pandemonium. Everyone was in a state of limbo.
Abatement from the assault came in the form of shopkeepers & squatters who sell/roam along the railway tracks. Everyone helped everyone else in a monotonic demeanour.
As minutes ticked away…frustrations knew no bounds. The police & the local authorities were blamed. But the fact of the matter is that when there is a catastrophe of such magnitude it is utter chaos. There is a vacuum of anything between 10 to 30mins before proper response is received from the concerned authorities. So the blame game was actually unwarranted here.
The reason for venting today is the aftermath of this disaster. The police, the fire brigade & municipal authorities doubled-up to brace with the situation. To add to this, they had to deal with the political leaders who came for a “dekho” of the situation & deliver a galvanized rhetoric statement that never condenses or fructifies. Not a penny see the light of day nor a widow or orphan reinstated or employed.
The minister has got yet another chance to be at the forefront of a situation & gain some cheap mileage. Impose his/her party’s propaganda more than the issue on hand. One yatra by a “Z” security neta measures to bolstered security, roadblocks & re-direction of traffic.
So last Tuesday… we have a bomb blast, hundreds of injured individuals, harassed hospital authorities & workers, police officers & there likes. And then a call from Nai Dilli to announce the arrival of maam & mantriji’s.
Quick...quick… drop the petty salvage issues of saving lives. There are more important things to do. Organize a squad for our very special dignitaries. Seal off the main artery of the road traffic segment. We do not want Soniaji, lalooji, R R Patilji & Shindeji to undergo any discomfort due to the fact that the city has plunged into a wasted abyss. The ambulances, equipments & human help can wait or take another route.
Will we ever experience redemption from hollow acts of kindness & get down to ground level realities? Could the honourable ministers not monitor the situation from their respective establishments leaving the uncouth task of dealing with the aftermath to the professionals? Could we not have saved time, energy & money along with precious man resources that was the need of the hour?
Copyright © BuntysBanter 2006
posted by Bunty's Banter at 4:33 AM
1 Comments:
You say :
>> Could the honourable ministers
>> not monitor the situation from
>>their respective establishments
>>leaving the uncouth task of
>> dealing with the aftermath to
>> the professionals? Could we not
>> have saved time, energy & money
>> along with precious man
>> resources that was the need of '
>> the hour?
I say :
If they had NOT come, we would have cribbed about how there has been such a major railway tragedy and the railway minister has not bothered to come down or that Sonia Gandhi does not feel our pain, yada yada yada yada...damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I would vent about a more germane issue. Are we going to keep patting ourselves on the back about what a resilient city Mumbai is and how Mumbaikars always get back to business the very next day etc. etc. or are we going to behave with some self-respect and DEMAND that the guilty be punished. And if the guilty are in POK (every one knows that's where they are!), then give our military the go-ahead to raid POK hunt down the killers and drag them to India to face trial.
And if we don't have the BALLS to do it, let's at least have the good SENSE to ask Israel to train our military so we get the balls to do it.
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