Within 12 hours yesterday 12 people die on tracks in NCR.Interestingly angry locals from the Jhatoli village not only ransacked the railway premises but also severely beat up the railway staffers for a mistake supposedly of the dead victims who belonged to the same village.
The Mistake:The victims, had got off a bus on the flyover that runs above the railway tracks, about half a kilometre from Pataudi Road Station. They were to catch a local train to Gurgaon and decided to walk on the tracks instead of taking a detour to reach the station.
However I hear, that rather than “highlighting the above consequence” & issuing a strict warning to all found loitering on the railway tracks [trying to take a short cut to... where ever??], the Government is out to legitimize the mistake by doling out compensation of about 5 lacs to the dead victims. Strange…isn’t it?
That is what is cowardice all about. Our leaders are afraid to take firm stand against injustice, corruption,mistakes or anything because they lack the inner strength.
Thanks for sharing your views….it always pains me to observe that there is least concern for safety in India…..people are so indifferent to follow safety norms in any aspect and the authorities too turn their face…..accidents keep occurring and lessons learnt!!