Why flout safety norms?
Why do some people flout rules, disobey the instructions of the authorities, and put human lives in danger? Another question is why don't the authorities become stricter and force people to observe the guidelines they have chalked out?
Just recently, a 12-year-old suffered grievous injuries and four more students were hurt as bus rammed into speeding tempo; RTO officials discovered that bus lacked safety measures prescribed by the state government
This was yet another road mishap involving a school bus in Navi Mumbai. The impact of the collision was such that one of the emergency exit doors at the rear end of the bus gave away and the children were hurled out of the vehicle. The accident had once again brought the school bus safety issue into the limelight, as the bus, that belonged to Fr Agnel Multipurpose School in Vashi, had reportedly flouted safety norms prescribed by the state government. The RTO then decided to inspect every bus used by the school to ensure that all safety measures are in place.
The question is does the RTO wake up only when a major mishap occurs? Even NMMC appears to have woken up after the accident because immediately after the mishap NMMC's education officer wrote to the school administration, seeking stringent action against the principal for compromising on safety measures prescribed by the school's transport committee in December.
The above incident was one case of rules being flouted. In another case, it was discovered by NMMC that over 250 buildings in Navi Mumbai had flouted fire safety norms, and lacked adequate safety and security equipment. In most of these surveyed buildings, the basic fire-fighting mechanism, such as fire extinguishers, landing valve, fire hosepipe etc, were absent, thus jeopardizing the lives of the occupants. Navi Mumbai Fire Brigade surveyed around 400 towers that fell under Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation's (NMMC) jurisdiction and discovered that around 200 of them had failed to install basic fire-fighting mechanism. It then issued notices to these towers, asking them to install all the necessary equipment at their earliest.
Kalamboli Fire Station, in fact, initiated a crackdown on the buildings flouting safety norms. In the first phase, it surveyed 60 buildings in Kharghar and found that 45 of them had violated norms. It then sent notices to all these buildings which were neglecting fire safety norms.
Stringent action should be taken against these people who flout safety norms. Cut off their water and power supply. File a case against them.
This habit of flouting rules and waking up only when major mishaps occur is very bad. NMMC should do something very drastic to ensure that Navi Mumbaikars don't flout safety norms whether in case of school buses or buildings or any other matter.
Why do some people flout rules, disobey the instructions of the authorities, and put human lives in danger? Another question is why don't the authorities become stricter and force people to observe the guidelines they have chalked out?
Just recently, a 12-year-old suffered grievous injuries and four more students were hurt as bus rammed into speeding tempo; RTO officials discovered that bus lacked safety measures prescribed by the state government
This was yet another road mishap involving a school bus in Navi Mumbai. The impact of the collision was such that one of the emergency exit doors at the rear end of the bus gave away and the children were hurled out of the vehicle. The accident had once again brought the school bus safety issue into the limelight, as the bus, that belonged to Fr Agnel Multipurpose School in Vashi, had reportedly flouted safety norms prescribed by the state government. The RTO then decided to inspect every bus used by the school to ensure that all safety measures are in place.
The question is does the RTO wake up only when a major mishap occurs? Even NMMC appears to have woken up after the accident because immediately after the mishap NMMC's education officer wrote to the school administration, seeking stringent action against the principal for compromising on safety measures prescribed by the school's transport committee in December.
The above incident was one case of rules being flouted. In another case, it was discovered by NMMC that over 250 buildings in Navi Mumbai had flouted fire safety norms, and lacked adequate safety and security equipment. In most of these surveyed buildings, the basic fire-fighting mechanism, such as fire extinguishers, landing valve, fire hosepipe etc, were absent, thus jeopardizing the lives of the occupants. Navi Mumbai Fire Brigade surveyed around 400 towers that fell under Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation's (NMMC) jurisdiction and discovered that around 200 of them had failed to install basic fire-fighting mechanism. It then issued notices to these towers, asking them to install all the necessary equipment at their earliest.
Kalamboli Fire Station, in fact, initiated a crackdown on the buildings flouting safety norms. In the first phase, it surveyed 60 buildings in Kharghar and found that 45 of them had violated norms. It then sent notices to all these buildings which were neglecting fire safety norms.
Stringent action should be taken against these people who flout safety norms. Cut off their water and power supply. File a case against them.
This habit of flouting rules and waking up only when major mishaps occur is very bad. NMMC should do something very drastic to ensure that Navi Mumbaikars don't flout safety norms whether in case of school buses or buildings or any other matter.
No comments:
Post a Comment