Jhontwara is current glaring example. Thousands daily commuters were suffering for years due to narrow roads due to illegal Encroachments on the roads by Thelas/ vendors, illegal buildings and illegal encroachments by existing shop keepers one and all. NOTHING COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT GRATIFICATION AND INVOLVEMENT OF JDA, Traffic Police, Local bodies officials.
Few serious questions comes to our mind:
- This problem is compounded by Selfish city residents, whose petty selfish motives has just abused normal civic norms. Its our own greed that we allow it to grow. To tackle this basic rampant immoral and character issue, there is is rule of law and order (Monitoring Police, Traffic Police, Local Administration, local political leaders etc. etc.).
Our own Selfish city residents donot follow minimum basic morale, civic sense and encourage this anarchy clubbed with greesing pockets of defunct (willing to sale their Conscience) City Planning, law and order officials for mutual petty gains , which worsens this scenario.
- Because of compounding petty greed and nexus of our own city residents and responsible officials and netas, no any action is taken on Illegal Encroachers and responsible officers. Responsible govt. Agencies collude and milk money becoming totall oblivion of fact that thousands of daily commuters daily face harassment on road, burn unnecessary petrol in road jams and wasting their valued productive time fighting road Jams.
- What is astonishing is following matrix comes in picture over a period of time:
- A gang formation of local netas (irrespective of all parties), Police, Local Government Officials and city residents who earn booty to keep their eyes closed and allow rampant corruption to make money.
- By chance if a tiny minority protests then his/ her voice is systematically silenced by offering deaf ears of inaction on their grievance.
- Referring matter to courts also is the most convenient way used by encroachers . Police, Local Government Officials which almost absolves them of all their sins. We all know that how difficult it is to wake up our courts with long pendancy that encroachment almost gets patronised. Even if by some rare chance, one could wake up the court, who prefers to adjudicate issue not on real suffering but legal technicalities (a few litigants can over come), then implementing its order also has to go through same unending waiting and ordeal, which is difficult to sustain by a common man and he ultimately succumbs and surrender.
- Issue which we can see in Jhontwara case is following:
Local Government Officials decided to remove encroachments only on the ground of building a fly over. Why this was not considered when daily thousands of commuters were suffering and this plan was not in place.
Local Government Officials of responsible agencies, who were party in allowing this encroachments made booties while they allowed Encroachments and also now in awarding compensation to illegal encroachers. Poor common man only suffered due to frequent and daily jams on road and wasted petrol fighting it.
When you visit this area you find constructions more then 40 feet has been removed. Why this is done only for fly over not for daily smooth traffic.
Does our law of awarding compensation to illegal encroachers needs to be declared ultra virus by ‘Me Lords’ as it is only helping breeding endless encroachments, daily mass suffering and filling coffins of responsible officials. Hope competent courts shall be awaken some day look into this as I can imagine even ‘Me Lords’ and their family members must be suffering while commuting on the encroached roads.
‘Me Lords’ must also consider why not compensation for removing illegal construction on public roads is collected from salaries of all officials connived in this sinister game. Even corrupt encroacher should compensate for mass public inconvenience.
A few lawful, awakened actions by judiciary is the last resort of hope for a common man.
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