THE TERRIBLE COST OF HASTY DECISIONS It is not in public interest to make quick unplanned major decisions being unaware of the fallout and problems of implementation where the human cost extracted will be terrible especially for the poor and marginalized including the lower middle class which in India are the vast unseen majority! This was the case with demonitization where suddenly everyone including tourists were stranded, people suffered great hardships and even some deaths as a consequence, the aim after all the risks not being realised except for comparatively marginal benifits to the goverment. No lessons learnt! No consequences for the decision makers. Again pains for business and commerce with hasty implementation of GST. Now where was the need to abruptly impose lockdown after 8PM giving no time for States or anyone to plan anything! People were suddenly stranded with no transport in other States and areas, families cut off, and no plan about feeding those imprisoned in their homes/places alien to them, access to money, food and water made difficult. All lives suddenly disrupted with the disastrous commercial and migrant problems absolutely not factored in! Thereafter unilateral ideas with powerful politicians denying bus/train transport to suffering migrants on trumped up technicalities when a little less ego and cooperation was a vital humanitarion priority. Whilst Union Minister/VIPs skip quarantine rules blatently stating "stipulation does not apply to those holding responsible posts", a 5 year old flies alone to reunite with his mother after 3 months with his grandparents due to sudden implementation of lockdown. The avoidable confusion on openning of local air travel after SOP confusion and mess up in trains for migrants with terrible human costs defines present state of affairs! This is also seen in the uninformed closure of T-Junction at Dabolim airport circle resulting in chaos and forcing general public to use the grade separator resulting in inconvenience and extra mileage for all traffic.
