The splendor of Rural India

Both rural and Urban regions are  neglected. But our politicians do not agree. Every day deaths are reported due to killer Manholes. And  the conditions in far flung rural regions, connectivity and Roads are still in worse conditions.

In smaller villages, I had seen the residents of the village taking initiative to do something to improve the conditions, without waiting for Government help. But there is a limit.  With their limited resources, they cannot undertake building even temporary bridges.  Maintaining safe Roads in bigger cities like, Delhi Mumbai, Bangalore or Hyderabad is the responsibility of the Government.

There are delays, shoddy work, which contribute to poor infrastructure. Quality is a casuality.

vijay wrote:

There are delays, shoddy work, which contribute to poor infrastructure. Quality is a casuality.

Corruption is also one reason for poor infrastructure and other civil work. Last week one senior official of Rajasthan, trapped red handed. He said that I didn't demand bribe, contract give me and it is system in whole department. Amount of bribe in this case is Rs 5 lacs.

Politician taking a bribe is not a new thing. . Peoples active participation in keeping rural splendor  is essential. With peoples active  participation , no politician will dare to take bribes.

rambabu wrote:

Politician taking a bribe is not a new thing. . Peoples active participation in keeping rural splendor  is essential. With peoples active  participation , no politician will dare to take bribes.

Like other elections in Gram Panchyat election candidates of Sarpanch and others are spending lacs Rs is these days. Why they are spending, for charity or to serve the people of Gram Panchayat No only to get back this amount with profit. Where there is money there is corruption.

 

It is implied that if a politician spends Lakhs of Rupees, it is his intention to make Crores of Rupees in his tenure. Every child knows about this.

Politicians have become experts at seeing an opportunity and grabbing it. In a case here where a small walking rope-way bridge was to be built across a tributary of Netravati river so that people could use it instead of taking a longer route to get to the market and schools , the records show the bridge is ready and the money sanctioned several years ago , but nothing done so far ...I am sure there are hundreds of such examples in our country !

This reminds of R> K Lakshman's cartoon. A Politican builds a Bridge on a non existing River.. Though it's a Cartoon, one can come across with such incidents where a Politician pocketing money for building a wooden bridge on a non existing rivulet.

Many government employees think that in every scheme they have a rightful share.

There is nothing wrong in the thinking of Government employees. They should be accountable too. After all  its not just Rights but responsibilities too.

rambabu wrote:

There is nothing wrong in the thinking of Government employees. They should be accountable too. After all  its not just Rights but responsibilities too.

 

Nothing wrong in claiming rightful share???? Whoa!! Does that mean you subscribe to the government employees taking 'rightful' bribes?

I did not mean bribes. What I meant was there should be accountability of their actions. Whatever a Government employee does, it should aimed at the Welfare of the people.

Read your post again, it implies clearly that you mean there is nothing wrong in government employees thinking of their rightful share.

rambabu wrote:

There is nothing wrong in the thinking of Government employees. They should be accountable too. After all  its not just Rights but responsibilities too.

This is what I said. Is there any thing about bribes ? I reiterate every action of a Government employee should be transparent and all their actions should be Welfare oriented .

All government employees are fully aware of their rights and responsibilities. It is the one's who are more interested in milking their positions who create problems and yet succeed. 

I don't think so. The Government employees know more about their right than their responsibilities. Go and see a Government office. After my father-in- Law's death, I had to run from pillar to post to obtain a Death certificate. Every time I go, i used to get the answer from the concerned clerk, "Its my Lunch time" Or his Boss out of Station. I'm not alone. I can quote several examples like this.

I beg to differ because I have applied for both death and birth certificates here and find it well regularised in my state ! You just fill in the particulars and whatever else is required and submit it at the counter and pay the fees depending on how many original documents you need , at the SBI branch located right next door and once again give the challan which gets attached to your application form .After this  they give you a date for collection which is normally after a week and you get the certificate on the stipulated date ! No bribes and absolutely no chance for any harassment, I guess it is because Mangalore corporation is relatively corruption free compared to other cities ..  

You are lucky. Anyhow, the incident I said many years ago. I don't  know the present position. It's heartening to see such corruption free Government offices.

The regular increase in salaries of government employees and introduction of  IT  has freed many simple activities from the ambit of corruption. Small mercies. 

True. Some state Governments conduct regular unannounced visits to the Government offices. Of course IT is another factor that contributed a lot in checking corruption.