| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday, August 25, 2014
daniel koti is still waiting for you to join Twitter...
Thursday, August 21, 2014
daniel koti sent you an invitation
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Corruption and Consequences
The local newspaper Vijaya Karnataka dated 28th June,2014 in the Namma Mahanagara suppliment highlighted the issue of corruption in our city.The problem of corruption has become so rampant that even those who were part of sustaining the process have become frustrated.It seems the municipal corporation has called for tenders for the past five months.The tender amount being Rs.5 Crore for the repairs of 18 road works.Five to eight times the tender was called again and again but no response from any civil contractors.The problem being rampant corruption from officials and elected representatives.The news paper also reports that 25% of the commission goes to the government officials and 10% to the local elected representatives.So almost 35% of the contract amount is to be paid in advance to them before even being sanctioned.Hence all the civil contractors have abstained for participaing in the tender process.
The amount sanctioned by the previous regime has also not materialized yet.There has been a balance of payment of all the previous work done by the contractors.
With so much corruption that is hampering development work I wonder who is to be blamed.When elections came we heard all the hue and cry about corruption.Protest march and sloganeering.It was nice to see college kids wearing T-Shirts with India Against Corruption written over them.I remember lots of facebook invites and groups speaking about corruption.
The problem of corruption would have to be addressed from grass roots.If so,we mostly wait for the voice to rise from metropolitan cities and then we follow them in smaller cities.Or even many places it seems like we wait for the TV cameras come before the agitation starts! Corruption is not just a middle class concern.It affects everyone. I was also wondering about the founder member of Kisan Movement in Karnataka and Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha Mr.Hemant Kumar who contested on behalf of Aaam Admi Party,does such issues matter to them ?.We have not seen much of this party here in Hubli but what about the MLAs and MPs whom we are sending to the parliament and Vidhana Sabha.Can they do something ? Apart from this rhetoric I think we need to answer a deeper question.Why there is corruption in the first place ?
The most important need today is to address the corruption in our hearts.The need to get rid of greed,materialism,selfishness and thirst for justice and righteousness is increasing day by day.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)