RE: where do we stand ?

["Cprakash" <Cprakash@goplay.com>]

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"Komaragiri, Param (Param)** CTR **" <param@lucent.com> wrote on
Thursday February 1, 2001 at 11:42am:
> How about Re-Vamping all
>urban laws.. stringent enforcement of standards in urban
construction?

>Atleast will the public sentiment now force the people in ranks to
send a
>team to Japan and Californea and bring back new stringent  measures
and
>standards-- which are far reaching, which cover each and every urban
area ?

Because that will really really hurt their (the politicians')
cherished builder-ganglord "bhailog". If they don;t contribute, who
will run the elections for these thieves-in-khadi ?
and don't worry sir, delegations upon delegations will go to the land
of the rising sun and sunny california, and not only officials, their
wives, children, uncles, grandparents, neighbours, friends, doodhwala
and what have you... sabki baari aayegi.. sab banenge crorepati..

forgive me for the sarcasm, but I think this is the state of affairs..
we don't need plans, we need people with the will to implement them.
As i said earlier, if the IS code (code no: 456 - design of reinforced
concrete structures) itself was followed, most of the structures would
have been safe. Yes, one place where we really need to work on is a
disaster managment cell in the home ministry.

>or will the public sentiment diminish because of very low EQ ?...this
>diminished EQ is only an urban elite feature.

blatant generalisation. I really think you ought to be toning down
your anti-urban sentiments as nearly 1/3'rd of india is urban today

>
>When there is a train accident, any near by village- whole village
comes to
>rescue people.One may not expect same group behaviour from urban
elite. Bad
>buildings, depleting water tables, absence of water harvesting, --
when will
>the stubborn, corrupt, unintelligent urban elite
>learn some basic sence from common village folks ? Other than
illiteracy and
>poverty we find a huge amount of common sence,
>organisational skills and emotional esteem in village folks.. for
some
>reason. May be because of 'hands on work' they do predominantly
>in line with Gandhi's ideals ?!
>
The urbanites have also helped, sir. In many ways and in sending a lot
of relief material. 

regards
prakash

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