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Please don’t do politics lives at stake to save 25 people,
special report Massive fire at Delhi factory highlights several systeM ic loopholes 10 on ghastly fire incident the death count would have
issue With reference to the report “Anaj Mandi fire crossed 60.
25 leaves families devastated” by Pari Saikia
Volume 16 (December 31) In the Karol Bagh incident,
31 dec 2019
New delhi too, as in Anaj Mandi, exit
Truly speaking, words fails to
express grief over the unfor- doors were blocked, making it
tunate and untimely deaths at tougher for people stuck in the
Anaj Mandi. As revealed in this building to come out. After
report, this ill-fated residential every such tragedy there is
building, which was being used an inquiry committee set up ,
for manufacturing products, did financial aid is announced to
THE NEW REFRAIN not have a ‘No Objection Certifi- the victims’ families and then
No INsTANT JusTIcE, No coNsTANT DElAy
we move on. Such is the casual
cate’ from the Fire Department,
VP Venkaiah Naidu calls for collective efforts by all stakeholders — the government,
approach of our administration
which is sadly common in many
bar and the bench — to reduce heavy pendency of court cases in the country 12
cases.
these commercial establishment
While many Samaritans and authorities that they allow
came to the rescue of the fire to run without any license or
victims in the given situation, NOC after taking bribe. When
the narrow approach road/ will the authorities put things
www.tehelka.com www.facebook.com/tehelka www.twitter.com/tehelka
streets reportedly prevented straight?
around 30 fire tenders from BAL GOVIND
IMPLEMENT THE reaching the affected building The recent accident at Anaj
and dousing the fire in time. But
LAW PROPERLY amidst such a grave tragedy, Mandi, that claimed more than
45 lives, is not an isolated one; it
some dirty politics too entered
the fray. is also reported that the activ-
With reference to the report “New bill to make sharing personal What else could explain ity conducted was illegal. Every
data difficult” by Tehelka Bureau (December 31) the Delhi’s BJP Chief Manoj time such accidents take place,
The Personal Data Protection Tiwari publicly alleging that including the Surat coaching
Bill does prevent the misuse this building belonged to an centre tragedy or the Kamala
Mill fire in Mumbai, one com-
AAP supporter? What did he
of personal data by profiteers. want to prove by making such mon fact that comes out is the
Nevertheless, punishing the claims? Does the assumed fact illegality of buildings. If the au-
State or Centre if they misuse that the building’s owner was an thorities are unaware of illegal
buildings in the national capital,
Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘follower’ have
data would be welcome. The anything to do with this ghastly how can the rest of the country
proposed law empowers the fire incident? have safe premises? It is not yet
too late to mend our ways and
Centre to exempt itself from the SK GUPTA pay utmost attention to human
provisions of the law. From Uphar Cinema to Hotel safety, since every life lost is a
This may lead to unscrupulous Arpit Palace, Karol Bagh, we catastrophe to respective
families.
spyware attack and snooping never seem to learn our lessons. RAJIV N MAGAL
One fire tragedy after another
for political milieu. Even though due to huge lapses and illegal
importance is accorded for user factories have led to these Delhi government to
provide free internet
man-made tragedies.
consent in transferring sensitive The Anaj Mandi fire in a five- It is good to hear from Delhi
data outside India, the efficacy storey building, which housed government that it is going to
depends upon a right, balanced dozens of illegal manufacturing install 11,000 hotspots across
units and warehouses and had
Delhi to provide free Wi -Fi In-
implementation of the law. hardly any safety measures, ternet. Government announced
NR NAGARAJAN could have been averted had that the people of Delhi will be
the rooms been ventilated and able to locate a Wi Fi connection
all fire-related safeguards were after every 500 metres, with the
put in. Had few brave-heart hotspot connections support-
firefighters not put their own ing a radius of 100 metres. Every
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