May be it is because we are overpopulated, or may be it is because we Indians are like this only, life has no value. You would think it is just plain common sense responsibility to be careful, not put lives in danger out of carelessness. Your balconies are safe, your electrical wiring in your house are safe, when you dig a well, you carefully put something about it so that no one walks into it, right?
But when it comes to public places, no one cares. We do as we please, even public authorities.
Here is an incident that happened in Coimbatore, and reported in New Indian Express.
In Gandhi Managar, Peelamedu, the Corporation authorities had dug a 16 feet deep pit for drainage by the sides of the street. There was no lighting, no barricades. What happens? A student drives into the pit and gets killed.
Do you think anyone would be punished, or at least feel remorse for this irresponsibile act?
Coimbatore City Corporation engineer P Ganeshwaran, gives the explanation that the students and the residents there had been careless and were disobeying the traffic rules, hence the accident.The residents claim that they have been asking for streetlights for the last six months.
They would have better off not using the streets, the city engineer might say. And with some truth. If you don't use the road, there would be no road accident.
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