Saturday, January 07, 2006

Look at this scenario

Look at this scenario. An accident happens.Someone is killed. Oh my God the deceased is a well known person. The scene of the accident, a badly maintained development project. The investigators and the media descend on the scene. They shake their heads and wring their hands.My God,how could such a horrible thing happen to such a decent fellow. The deceased's wife is still in critical condition.The driver was badly injured. The next day.Fingers are pointed here and there.Nobody wanted to take the rap for what happened and what could have been prevented. In the end,the builder was blamed.The enforcement authorities said that this builder has been ordered to improve the safety requirements of his site several times (7 times I heard).It seems 'safety' is not a factor with these characters,only fast and profit. Can we totally blame the builder ? Why didn't the enforcement agencies order work to stop,when they knew he was not complying with safety regulations at the first instant.Is there some more powerful authority that is being protector to these crooks ? Yesterday the harassed Labour Minister finally instructed the builder to stop work immediately.Too late. Too late.This is our govt leaders style.Make a lot of noise and hype after something awful has happened.Especially when that awful thing happens to one of their family,family's friend or business partner.Even the mainstream media are guilty of this.They like to highlight these stories. Other ordinary folks won't make front page news. I would like to ask all civil servants to do your work sincerely (lillahitaala) without fear or favour.And all elected representatives to do your job too. Don't wait for election season. Some of your constituents have never seen your faces.

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