There are some things in life that never fail to amaze you. Man’s ability to scale the seemingly impossible certainly rank at the top. Performers like Bruce Lee of martial arts, Roger Federer of men’s tennis, or Kishore Kumar of film songs remain etched in memory for ever.
A near similar credit goes to the people’s representatives in Bengal for inflicting monumental damage to the public interests from time to time. There are too many to mention, but what may perhaps be termed as one of the most suicidal was the decision to discontinue English at the primary schools.
The legacy of acting against common good with no remorse whatsoever has been continuing unabated. This blog has pointed out many of them in the past.
In some cases there have been wasting of public money, but apparently nothing happens by way of remedies like punishing the guilty. No wonder we continue to see them occurring again and again.
A recent example is the concretization of tram tracks in the city. As it happens, most tram tracks have underground water lines and sewer pipes right beneath and there is just no way to reach them in emergency other than digging the 2-feet concrete surface. See the schematic demo below, courtesy Dec 19 TT.
Would it surprise you that all the while the concretization was on, the KMC departments that look after the water and sewer lines have not uttered a single word about the problem?
Can you blame the common man’s perception that all these are allowed to happen deliberately because they help people with vested interests to line their pockets..?
Let’s see what the mayor has to say in the TT report:
Forget about the blame game. The fact is that ultimately the citizen suffers if there is lack of coordination at the planning and implementation stages. The social cost is enormous.
Oh really? As for me, I don’t believe in his concern, for I think it is not genuine.
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