Monday, March 26, 2012

What's happening?

1. The General's disclosures.

General VK Singh's disclosure that people before him have been corrupt and those after him will continue to indulge in corrupt practices gives a dismal picture about the armed forces. It would pain anyone who has a larger-than-life view of the armed forces which enjoyed the public faith ,that, as an institution it was free from all bad practices and the waywardness, very frequently, found in the civvy street.

But how long could the armed forces remain aloof from being part of the society - from which its members are drawn - where everything runs on a 'chalta hai' attitude and anything goes to achieve 'targets'?

Having said that, the General too doesn't come out of the episode without blemish. Why was he silent all this while? And I've this sneaky feeling that there's gonna be more startlers in the days to come - these days, the game is to level charges at somebody who'll then have the onus of clearing his/her name. It's my fervent hope that by these revelations, the system would get cleared of all the ills that've been perceived to exist thus far.



2. The green signal.

Finally, decks seem to have been cleared to commission the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in the not too distant future. I'm still at a loss to assimilate as to what was wrong in the first place! Let me try to list out the events, that we're privy to, over the past few months:-

         (a) Oct '11 The work on the nuclear power plant comes to a grinding halt thanks to a mass uprising
          against the project saying that it lacked the necessary safeguards.
         (b) The nuclear establishment of the country reiterates that the plant has factored in all aspects of
          safety.
         (c) Former President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam visits the site, makes contact with the agitating crowd
          and underlines the fact that all safeguards have been contemplated upon by the project team and
          implemented.
         (d) The PM comes out with the startling disclosure that the agitation against the project was spearheaded
          by the NGOs funded by the United States.
         (e) Mar '12 The Jayalalitha government of Tamilnadu clears the project.

What has changed from Oct '11 and now is what I've not been able to comprehend. Anyways, the project should be able to contribute towards increased power generation for the nation's needs. And if it has a foolproof safety mechanism then the overall aim would have been achieved. 

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