we should bring this fact to the notice of the concerned and to the state as well as central government too. public awareness through intense media coverage is also helpful. such accidents are common in India. children happen to fall in deep borewells, but the media coverage given to other such accidents is very much more compared to the accident referred to herein. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:26 AM Subject: [AI] towards 2020
> Opinion: Surely, India will be a developed nation by 2020! > > > News: > > > > Man dies after falling into pit > > Staff Reporter > > HYDERABAD: A visually-challenged man, Durga Naidu, 25, died on Thursday > morning after slipping into a pit that was dug for constructing the > elevated expressway > at Mehdipatnam. He was walking to the local bus stop when the accident > occurred. > > The pits were not completely fenced preventing access to passers-by. > > "Only some iron barricades with huge gaps in between were kept around the > pits," a local said. Naidu walked through the gap between the barricades > and fell > into the pit and died on the spot, the Humayunnagar police said. Hailing > from Visakhapatnam, Naidu used to live in the Government Hostel for the > Visually > Challenged at Nanalnagar. > > > Comments: > > What do you think is the remedy?A PIL? Ensuring strict adherence to norms > by monetary/other penalty? Psychological change in the prevailing mindset? > or any other? and whatever it be, who will bell the cat?!!!!! > > > Rajesh > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
