I appriciate the efforts generously made through your kind courtesy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harish Kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad
> Hi Dinesh , Subramani, Mufi > > I agree with you Dinesh the pedestrians too are bound with road > discipline. > Quite many times accidents are caused while saving careless pedestrians > and > cyclists. > > At least this truck driver did not drive by and he did try to get the > victim > out. He went to the police station to seek their help as he could not do > much. > > The victim I am told was going through some imotional problem and was > indulging in alcohol. > > I am trying to organise for legal help so as to obtain compensation to the > kin of the victim and also to see if some PIL could be filed for proper > barricading of all excavation work as is being done at Mumbai following a > court directive. > > Harish. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:38 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad > > >> Hey Harish, >> >> You have done a commendable job of taking action, which is making the >> situation clear. I can't tell how much I appriciate you moving out of >> your >> comfort zone and taking some action than just sitting and contemplating >> on >> the insidence. >> >> And now I will be doing the contemplating as can't do more than that >> <smile>. >> >> I agree that we may be cautious about the findings as sometimes they are >> manipulated to suit a perticular outcome, but this is also important to >> understand that people who are walking on roads are equally responsible >> for >> road safety as people who are driving. >> >> Just because someone is walking, cycling or any other form which is >> considered weak, they do not get licence to be careless. Same as someone >> who >> has big vehicle does not get licence to kill. >> >> In night, driver might not have seen the person, and usually the impact >> of >> such an insidence is so great that even if there was no pit, person would >> not have survived. >> >> But I condemn the existence of that pit on the road and the accident, >> and >> I >> think we need more information before handing out our verdict. >> >> Regards >> Dinesh >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:58 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad >> >> >>> (Accident *by* a blind person?) seems to be an error. >>> >>> While there is no particular reason to suspect this, there is no reason >>> to >>> accept this result of your inquiry. This is for the first time we are >>> being >>> told that a victim of an accident had alcohol in his blood. Generally >>> the >>> suspect is tested for alcohol level in the blood to see if it is a case >>> of >>> drunk driving. Now let the victim be punished for drunk walking? >>> We generally hear of somebody being run over by a vehicle, if your >>> sources >>> are authentic then the unfortunate victim did not die on account of the >>> collision with the vehicle, he was found in the pit, isn't it? >>> If someone has to be held responsible for such things, let it not be the >>> powerful one. Let the money change hands. This is what matters today, >>> money, >>> or some other kind of power like being close to the administration or >>> the >>> politicians, isn't it? So we look for the softest target for >>> accountability. >>> Kill your fellow MP and blame the nuxalites, who are outlaws and >>> therefore, >>> can't speak for themselves legally. >>> >>> >>> >>> The question again is why was there a pit open and unbarricaded, for the >>> alcoholics to jump in to it? >>> >>> We must think again, the case is weak, or the victim *was* weak. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "harish kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:22 PM >>> Subject: [AI] Accident at Hyderabad >>> >>> >>>> Hello all >>>> >>>> Regarding the unfortunate accident by a blind person who succumbed to >>>> an >>>> accident after falling into a pit dug for built for constructing a >>>> flyover >>>> at Hyderabad. >>>> >>>> I made some enquiries about it. What I gathered was the victim had >>>> strayed >>>> in to the middle of the road. He was hit by a lorry and got thrown out >>>> into the pit. His blood contained alcahol. >>>> >>>> This makes the case very weak. >>>> >>>> Harish. >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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