Kolkata Inferno

For the past one week I have been tweeting regularly at www.twitter.com/jagrukindian on this issue of Kolkata’s Stephen Court tragedy which has by now claimed over 30 lives & left the others homeless & probably nowhere to go to.

Civic authorities after all these years (with these untimely deaths serving as a booster) have now declared the building unsafe & has most wilfully ordered the demolition of the top 2 floors.Great awakening indeed.

I have a completely different question to raise in this context.Who all were the area inspectors during the past 10 or 15 years of this area who kept on giving a clean chit to the construction of the top two floors which are now considered unsafe?

Naturally these floors did not spring up overnight.Nor was it done behind a hidden stratosphere rather it was collusion behind closed doors among the builders and the area inspectors (over the years including the current one) responsible to sanction or reject proposals which endanger human lives which has now resulted in the death of 30 unsuspecting young victims.

We therefore have a strong case to fix accountability on these corrupt miscreants.Not only an FIR under IPC 302/307 should be registred against these officials blindfolded by the colour of Indian currency but also they should be tried in Fast Track courts & severe punishment should be imposed on them immediately & urgently so that the souls of the innocent victims & their families will find some reconciliatory peace when they see people who flouted the law being brought to justice.

Hope Kolkata Police commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty is listening. Jai hind