Another fire breakout in a School in Faridabad - Do we care?
Two
children, including the owner of the school, died due to a fire in a private
school in Faridabad. If the school did not have holidays, then the accident
could take a terrible turn. Creepy incidents of fire breakouts are a matter of
concern in day-to-day events. Last year, 22 students died in Surat fire.
Likewise, in the 1990s, remembering the ignominy in Dabwali, the relatives of
the dead still cry. There are similar causes in all the above-mentioned events,
which require churning. First of all, the construction of buildings is illegal,
in which the fire preventive arrangements are ignored. Secondly, whatever the
accessories used, including PVC as an interior, are very flammable, causing the
fire to spread very quickly and large.
Buildings
do not often have fire extinguishers either; even the fire brigades don’t come
with all the accessories. Incidents of a fire occurring in the industrial city of
Ludhiana is rising. Every other day, you will come across a fire breakout and
locals helping douse the fire. On most occasions, Dera Sacha Sauda’s Green S
welfare force wing volunteers reach the spot and extinguish the fire. Thanks to
Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji
Insan, for setting up this disaster management force, with complete training,
that comes in handy in such events. But nevertheless, our Governments seem to
not mind the loss of lives, incident after incident. Last year, the Punjab
government had announced to pass the new Fire Safety Act after the death of
fire workers, but neither did anyone remember the act nor fire arrangement for
fire personnel could be arranged according to the announcement.
A Nation of 125 crores has no value for lives?
We feel
proud of our Nation’s achievements in handling space programs and India taking
the 4th spot at par with bigwigs of the world. But do we really hang our neck
in shame when incidents as Surat fire, or hospitals having a lack of proper
infrastructure in Bihar, take lives of our future citizens? On one hand, we are
turning into a superpower, but on the other hand, people are dying for petty
reasons. Better preparedness in the wake of emergencies has never been our
priority. Why is the lack of apathy towards lives? Every incident leads to another,
yet we hardly learn from the same. Another round of blame game and the episode
is over.
Blame-game solution for every problem
This
blame game makes us free of our responsibility? It’s high time, people in charge are made responsible for their actions and held accountable. In fact, what is
shocking is our religious organisations are better prepared in crisis
management than the so-called schools, or hospitals, both Govt. which runs or
public funds, or private which are just minting money. Religious organisations
like ashrams, Deras, see huge gatherings on various occasions, yet their
management is exemplary. For e.g. Dera
Sacha Sauda sees an influx of 2 -3 Crore followers on Bhandara, yet even a
needle is not hurt to anyone. Such is the management of these institutions.
What is the difference in their working? They hold people accountable for every
duty delegated. In fact, their passion to makes them doubly charged and
thoroughly into their job. Whereas our officers have no such binding.
Rules flouted rampantly
Rules are
not being followed due to corruption or negligence. The second reason is that
the fire department is also not prepared. In the incident of Faridabad, the
firefighting department's car even got delayed; despite this, the governments
are not taking any lessons. The incident of Surat had shaken the whole country,
which should make the government aware, including school managers, guardians.
Indeed, the accidents are not being taken seriously in any state. After a
tragic event, there is a stir for two days and later all forget. Incidents
happen, government and private institutions will have to be serious in this
case. What is ironic is that our priorities are not right when it comes to
valuing lives. That is the reason Saint like Baba Ram Rahim Ji are pained to see the apathy that his children
are going through. As he says, God’s children are children of Saints, and they
can feel the pain of every person going through a tough patch. And probably the
reason, why this Saint, had instituted a disaster management force almost 2
decades ago, to tackle situations as these.
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