Its awful. I wonder why an otherwise activist judiciary in India does not encourage liability suits (through prompt and favorable disposals and generous awards) in which public officials can be directly held liable and made to pay. It won't do to simply hold the GMC or the Assam govt liable - that'll just pass on the buck to taxpayers with little consequence for the responsible officials - time has to come to think of making public officials pay from their pocket (even small amounts) so that they begin to care. Santanu.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 5/7/2005 10:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Assam] Passing the buck---desi-style Nearly one year ago,a tragic accident took place in which Ms Upamoni Choudhury fell into an open drain in Gandhibasti,which neither had a slab covering it nor any rail guard for protection.Her body was found in Paltanbazar the next morning.The Govt. had announced an ex-gratia grant of Rs.5000 ( that is what the Govt. places price on human lives). Mr.Phani Sharma,the GMC administrator claimed that he is responsible only for cleaning of drains and revenue collection!!!! An analogy can be made with tinned-fish manufacturer,who claims that he is responsible only for the CONTENS and not for the CONDITION in which the fish reaches the consumer ? Hobo deok. KJD _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
