Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Saturday 18 November 2017

NOTHING BIGGER THAN SAVING LIVES


HC  threatens  pay  cuts  if…….



Following news report appeared in today’s Times of India :



“ HC threatens pay cuts if rly FOB not built on time “


The Railways on Friday faced Bombay high court's wrath over its failure to come up with a solution to construct a temporary foot over-bridge near the site of the now demolished Hancock bridge.


"Imagine that it is your own child or your own parent who has to cross the tracks every day. And then think of a solution," said a division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice Mahesh Sonak.


The judges warned that they would not hesitate to order stoppage of payment of staff salaries if a solution was not forthcoming. The court asked BMC and railways to come up with a solution by the next date of hearing on November 22.


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Question :


If the officer responsible were to fail to construct that FOB on time, how will HC ensure that his salary is actually cut ? – and how much ? – and for how long ?


I suppose this “ implementation of HC order “ will depend upon some other officer of the Railways


As it has happened in any number of cases in the past , HC orders never get implemented and merely remain on paper . And HC has no means to find out  !


One very important principle of governance is :

Never give a threat unless you are capable of executing it !



On the other hand , if HC is really serious about 100 % implementation of its order , then it should take help of “ technology “ to eliminate ( corruptible / amenable / fallible ) humans from the “ implementation process “ , as explained in :


2 DOWN : 1 TO GO !  [  11  Dec  2015  ]


Of course , as far as preventing people from getting run over by local trains in Mumbai ( ave of 10 persons per day ) , is concerned , I have repeatedly sent emails to Shri Piyush Goyal ( and earlier to Shri Suresh Prabhu ) to consider the following technology-based solution :

Not so Futuristic ?  [  11  Sept  2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/09/not-so-futuristic.html

 

 

 

A Prabhu – on – Earth ?  [  19  Aug  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/08/a-prabhu-on-earth.html

 

18  Nov  2017

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

 

 





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