A Matter of
Shame !
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DNA ( 11 March 2017 ) carries following news report :
“ Install technology to detect objects
on railway tracks : HC “
"This is a matter concerning the
lives of thousands of Mumbaikars who travel daily by suburban trains.
Prevention should be better than cure," the Bombay High Court observed on
Friday while directing the Central and Western Railways to look up and install
technology which will help detect foreign objects on railway tracks.
A division bench of Justice VM Kanade
and Justice PR Bora asked Railways advocate Suresh Kumar to consult senior
railway officials and consider the use of technology to prevent any incidents
of sabotage being planned either by miscreants, terrorists or anti-social
elements, by placing boulders and slabs on tracks. This apart, CR and WR
officials have been directed to place on record its decision before the court
on March 17.
The bench pressed for the installation
of technology because it felt that it was humanly impossible for gangmen to
monitor tracks. However, it asked the Railways to increase manpower and also
enlist the help of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Home Guards for the
same. The question of sabotage came up after the court referred to
several cases reported in the media
about foreign objects being kept on tracks at different places in the country.
The court made this observation while
hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by activist Sameer Zaveri,
highlighting the problem of accidental deaths at railway stations.
I suppose the HC did not wish to insult the
technocrats of railway by saying :
“ All over the World , thousands of
kilometres of railway tracks and cross-country oil / gas pipelines are being
monitored , 24*7 , through use of low flying drones .
Maharashtra Government has even
sub-contracted to a private party , the job of recording speeding cars on the
Mumbai – Pune Expressway and alert the highway police to catch the culprits ,
in real time
And if you want to do better, just
request ISRO to develop / install a technology , both in the railway tracks and
in the train engine , which will simply bring the speeding train to a complete
halt , 100 meters ahead of any obstruction on the track
Did you listen to what Shri A S
Arunkumar ( ISRO Chief ) said at the 34th Foundation Day celebration
of the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology ( RRCAT ), a few days back ?
He said :
“ We have the capability to create a
Space Station , but you ( government ) have to give us the money and time to
make this happen
If the Government and country decides ,
we are ready
You need to provide us funding , policy
clearance. Space mission is low priority for the government because one does
not see any immediate use of this in country’s development and growth “
Dear Shri Suresh Prabhuji
:
Would saving lives fall under “
Country’s development and growth “ ?
If you agree , please also inquire if
ISRO can develop technology to save lives of 10
persons EVERY DAY , who get run over by
local trains in Mumbai , by implementing my following suggestions ( sent to you
as email ) :
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March 2017
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