Yesterday I saw a dilapidated building that was about to fall down. The roof tilted at an angle leaning on its broken pillars. I wondered how such dangerous structures were not brought down gracefully. And today, I saw a man boldly walking over the top of its roof. Probably it was with some purpose, or probably a flaunt. But it was plain risky.
Another point that deserves merit is how a building was brought down by a group of labours near our office. First the walls were broken. What remained was rectangular beams. Painstakingly, over a month, the beams were broken by a group of labours. There was no help from science for them. Just hammer and chisels. It was in the millenium city. But the techniques were primitive and probably cheapest and riskiest.
In yet another shocking incident, an old state transport bus fell in a canal purported after a broken axle. The bus had run 1.1 million kilometers and was in a poor state. And with the broken axle broke the hopes of 40 parents whose children perished in the accident.
What I conclude from these three incidents is we get what we deserve. Either by choice as the hero walking on the leaning building or by force as the labours breaking old buildings, or by destiny as those unfortunately children in the bus, our safety is to an extent in our own hands. The more we protect, the safer we are. Otherwise, we only get what we deserve.
Speak, shout, demand.
Demand a safer nation...
chachu
