BSF Jawan, Tej Bahadur Yadav of the 29 Battalion, has shared a heart rending video detailing his ordeal while carrying out duties at the border. The video has, since, gone viral prompting the union home minister to initiate action and the top BSF leadership is already at the site to verify and rectify the malaise!
Let's go through the salient aspects of what the young man has projected through the video:-
* Exposes the rot that has set into the system.
* Deeply ingrained corruption in the upper echelons.
* Troops aren't even getting three square meals a day(A serious charge. How does one expect
our soldiers to protect us on empty stomachs?)
* The video has been uploaded from an undisclosed location(The identity of the Battalion is
enough to pin point the location along with that of the jawan's name, provided they're
authentic).
* Living conditions are worse like:-
- Lack of adequate shelter from adverse weather conditions.
- Shots of dried chappatis and runny dal.
- Insufficient quantity(One parantha with a cup of tea, for breakfast!?)
- The 'daal', in the afternoon, is a mixture of just turmeric and salt, with nothing else.
He, then, goes on to assert that though the government is providing food and amenities, the rations are being sold in the market with the connivance of a few!
And that's serious indictment of the leadership on the ground!
My take.
I was under the impression that corruption would be unheard of at such levels because the nation's security is of paramount importance and the sentinels of our borders are provided with the best - be it weapons, food, shelter, clothing and what have you - to ensure a high state of morale, always and every time.
The veracity of the story needs to be established and the guilty brought to book, forthwith. If one were to ask me, the culprits need to be given the death penalty for undermining the health of our dear, precious soldiers and thereby, denting the nation's security!
Tailpiece.
Pushpaakaran, the farmhand, came to me with a heart wrenching story. His wife has damaged both her kidneys and her skin, overall, has become wrinkled and unhealthy. She's in her mid 40s. They've two children, a girl doing her final year graduation and a boy, studying in class 8. What beats me are two things:-
- Why has god been so cruel to this poor family?
- How did they reach this stage without any remedial measures taken? A kidney ailment
is incremental and would have shown up umpteen number of symptoms, over a period of time, necessitating corrective action.
I've directed them to a nephrologist of the nearby Medical College and Hospital. I only hope we aren't too late!
Let's go through the salient aspects of what the young man has projected through the video:-
* Exposes the rot that has set into the system.
* Deeply ingrained corruption in the upper echelons.
* Troops aren't even getting three square meals a day(A serious charge. How does one expect
our soldiers to protect us on empty stomachs?)
* The video has been uploaded from an undisclosed location(The identity of the Battalion is
enough to pin point the location along with that of the jawan's name, provided they're
authentic).
* Living conditions are worse like:-
- Lack of adequate shelter from adverse weather conditions.
- Shots of dried chappatis and runny dal.
- Insufficient quantity(One parantha with a cup of tea, for breakfast!?)
- The 'daal', in the afternoon, is a mixture of just turmeric and salt, with nothing else.
He, then, goes on to assert that though the government is providing food and amenities, the rations are being sold in the market with the connivance of a few!
And that's serious indictment of the leadership on the ground!
My take.
I was under the impression that corruption would be unheard of at such levels because the nation's security is of paramount importance and the sentinels of our borders are provided with the best - be it weapons, food, shelter, clothing and what have you - to ensure a high state of morale, always and every time.
The veracity of the story needs to be established and the guilty brought to book, forthwith. If one were to ask me, the culprits need to be given the death penalty for undermining the health of our dear, precious soldiers and thereby, denting the nation's security!
Tailpiece.
Pushpaakaran, the farmhand, came to me with a heart wrenching story. His wife has damaged both her kidneys and her skin, overall, has become wrinkled and unhealthy. She's in her mid 40s. They've two children, a girl doing her final year graduation and a boy, studying in class 8. What beats me are two things:-
- Why has god been so cruel to this poor family?
- How did they reach this stage without any remedial measures taken? A kidney ailment
is incremental and would have shown up umpteen number of symptoms, over a period of time, necessitating corrective action.
I've directed them to a nephrologist of the nearby Medical College and Hospital. I only hope we aren't too late!
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