Saturday, December 31, 2011

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial (Make this New Year a happy one) that was published in Newsband


Make this New Year a happy one
New Year has arrived. The old year has gone. Navi Mumbaikars need to learn from their experiences of the old year and see to it that during this New Year the problems are eliminated or minimized considerably.

Last year witnessed a spate of crimes taking place in the city. All types of crimes were detected. There were incidents relating to chain-snatching, house-breaks, looting, smuggling, human trafficking etc. Many culprits, who committed these crimes were arrested but many are yet to be caught. It is high time the police department made maximum use of technology to prevent such crimes or solve criminal cases. Use of CCTV scanners and softwares should be made in big way. Investigating techniques need to be improved considerably. Policemen should dwell into the roots of these crimes. This way they will be in a position to prevent such crimes from occurring again. After all, prevention is better than cure. Also, It is better to cure than to endure. So the first attempt should be to prevent crimes. But if in spite of this attempt crimes occur then it is very necessary to somehow or the other solve these crimes. Crimes unsolved will only give a boost to the confidence of criminals who will then go on to commit more and more crimes.

It became evident from the incidents that took place last year that traffic police in Navi Mumbai have real tough time controlling drunken driving, talking on mobile phone while driving, speed driving etc. The punishment for erring drivers should be made more stringent to set examples to the other drivers. This is the only way in which drivers of vehicles can be controlled and in the process road accidents can be averted completely or minimized considerably. Another thing that was noticed last year was people going on protest march for various reasons. One feels relieved to see people resorting to democratic method of expressing their grievances. The fact that residents of the city take resort to protesting rather than rioting, like it would happen in olden days, has provided tremendous relief to the residents of the city. The authorities concerned should also cooperate and solve the protestors' problems promptly so that such protests do not take violent forms. It is not only the duty of the protestors to resort to peaceful expressing of their grievance, but it is also the responsibility of the concerned authorities to whom these complaints are made to take quick, immediate actions against the problems and thus leave no room for any more protest march to take place again. Thus we should learn from our bitter experiences of last year and see to it that during this New Year the past mistakes are not repeated.

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