Democracy ? Pay the
Price !
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How else can we explain the contrast between the value
that the Chinese seem to attach to human lives , as against Indian attitude ?
Let me explain
Following news appearing in today’s Hindustan Times ,
reads :
“ Maharashtra is the most industrialized state in
India, with more than 75,000 industries
Of these, 12,500
industries have been identified as having high pollution potential “
[ Of course , web site of Maharashtra Pollution
Control Board , has asked only
7 in Mumbai to close down !
Not surprising considering that page is
dated : 18 Feb 2013
! ]
Now read the following news report ( 24 Oct 2017 ):
China
Has Shut Down Up to 40% of Its Factories
in an Unprecedented Stand Against Pollution
https://www.sciencealert.com/china-shutting-40-factories-massive-effort-cut-pollution-carbon-pm2-5
China is in the midst
of an all-out blitz on polluters flouting emissions standards, closing tens of
thousands of factories in a massive effort to address the nation's catastrophic pollution problems.
Estimates of the crackdown suggest as much as 40 percent of China's factories have been
temporarily closed by safety inspectors, with officials from more than
80,000 factories charged with criminal offences for breaching emissions limits
over the past year.
The months-long campaign coincides with China announcing this week at its Communist
Party congress its plan to cut the concentration of hazardous fine particulate
matter (called PM2.5) from 47 micrograms per cubic
metre in 2016 to 35 micrograms by 2035.
"It will be very difficult to reach the goal, and
we need to make greater efforts to achieve it," environmental protection
minister Li Ganjie said at an event on Monday.
China's modern efforts to tackle domestic
pollution date back to 2013, when the nation announced
10 measures to clean up the country's air, including reducing emissions from heavily polluting industries by 30 per cent by
the end of 2017.
To help hit its targets, China has ramped up factory
and power plant inspections in the past two years across several provinces, to
make sure thousands of companies aren't breaching emissions laws.
“ Basically, you're seeing these inspectors go into
factories for surprise inspections," supply chain consultant Gary Huang from 80/20
Sourcing told NPR.
I would not be surprised if readers believe :
·
Indian
lives come “ cheap “ ( as compared to China )
·
In
the priorities of our governments ( Central + States ), “saving lives” is low
·
No
minister ( or bureaucrat ) fears losing his job for according low priority
·
Ministers
are worried about workers losing jobs if polluting factories get closed
·
Factory
inspectors send advance “ warning “ of their “ surprise inspections “ !
·
Only
way to enforce “ clean air “ is to install inside those Chimney Stacks, sensors
which will simply cut off electric power supply to a factory, the moment sensor
detects that pollution level exceeds the prescribed upper limit
As long as
we continue to depend upon “ humans “, expect no improvement
Unless “ humans “ with all of their “ discriminatory / judgemental “ power , are taken
out of the equation of “ Automatic Enforcing Compliance
“ , things cannot improve
I hope this email reaches our Minister for Environment
, Dr Harsh Vardhan
23 March
2018
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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