Hi,
I am back with something that made me sit up and take a look after few weeks. There were loads of corruption charges, good news, entertainment news, political situation and what not for last few weeks. But today I read an article in Times oF India. It’s there on their website and it made me stop for a minute.
The Leh-Manali Highway is blocked by an oil tanker for last 2 days. The BRO is not ready to move it down the mountain which might result in the tanker’s destruction. Instead it has left loads of people to spend 2 days and nights in chilly roads with nothing to eat and no place to stay. The article also says BRO (Border Roads Organization) has cut a part of the mountain so that small vehicles can move along. I was just wondering. Cutting a part of the mountain?, will that not have any environmental repercussions? Will it create a possibility of landslide in the future? Is it not a better idea to push the tanker and destroy it? Well, I thought prima facia it seems to be a better idea. why was it not even considered and why is BRO hard walling travelers requests? Well, The answer is, the tanker Is owned by a powerful politician. Well again. If there is human life present, there will be politics, ain’t it?
I thought money was the real power, but it seems political power is giving it a run for the top rank these days. Public bodies, that too in high mountains with such elite records is bowing to political pressure. It’s such a shame if this article is really true. Also, the value given to the lives stranded there. Even nature is compromised for the passions and needs of Politicians. Cutting a part of the mountain so as to not push the tanker out, seems to me as a ridiculous idea. Well, as history is proof, nature has her line and when you cross it, she is gonna come back and with vengeance. Good luck in getting the tanker out of there before that day.
Seya!
