From My Diary - Terror stricken Mumabi

Addendum on Nov 30 th . I sent a mail to ndtv after watching the Barakha Dutt Show.

I am just watching the TV show now " Enough Is Enough " . People are talking about the spirit of Mumabi, Passiveness in our approach etc etc. I have a question to Barakha and people like her, who are asking Where is Raj Thakrey ? And that is : Where were you all TV & Media People , when bomb blast took place through out the country in last two decades ?? Is it simply because the terror has struck the Icons of Mumbai and the elites of Mumbai & foreign conutries ?? Where were you all when the common man was hit time and again ?? Are you not ashamed of bashing the police and blaming them for communilazing the police actions ?? Any way !! let us stop at that. I have put my views and recommendations, in my blog http://nerdynadu.blogspot.com/ , for bringing about systamic changes to ensure that such things do not happen again. Then only we can proudly say We are safe now. But the big question is Will any of these recommendations from a common man be taken seriously and taken cogingence of. These are as under:

The old posting was :

Mumabi has been struck again by terror , and with much more devastating effect. The CST Station, CAMA Hospital, The Taj & Oberoi Hotels and The Nariman House were chosen to impart the maximum impact on life and the economy of the city. Mumbai the nerve centre of financial happenings in the country was crippled for almost 72 hours. Many ( around 200 as of now ) Innocent have lost their lives, many are injured.

What was their mistake or crime ??

Many policemen, NSG commandos and the Marcos ( Marine Commandos ), paramilitary forces and the fire brigadiers had to put their skills and lives on test to save the hostages and the property to the maximum extent possible. Few brave and bright people from the saviors had to give their lives.

What was their mistake or crime ??

None at all.

Is some one responsible and accountable ??

Yes. It is the politicians in power and out side power. They have been callous and indifferent to all such issues : terror, floods, riots, violence etc. We do not have a system to fight any of these calamities hitting us time and and again. Our emergency preparedness and policies are very shoddy and poorly thought out and on top of it highly neglected and un - implemented.

What can or should be done ??

1. All our politicians should take an oath " Yes !! We can and we will " 2. The government should take is to bring all these calamities in the purview of " CENTRE " and should not wait for the respective states to request for assistance. 3. The security cover should only be given to the PM and the President. Then it would make things a little simple to tackle. 4. Make all the paramilitary forces, ATS, NSGs, and MACROS etc completely autonomous and bring then under the ministry of defence. 5. Make two wings in defense : Internal Security and External Security. The Internal security should also have all the three wings - army, air force and navy. The heads of these wings should deploy personnel based on the requirements in each state, depending on the demographic situations, population, area , forests, sea coasts etc. Besides, there should be a central pool of these wings which could be used to augment the needs. 6. They should be given completely free hands to deal with a situation. A proper law should be in place to support them and take corrective actions in case of excesses and unjust acts. 7. They should be allowed to take terminal actions , if and when required. They should also be given a freedom to kill all the terrorists, who are caught alive , after all the interrogations are over . 8. Our intelligence system also should be centralized and the state and central intelligence agencies should be brought under a common body, again responsible to the Ministry of Defence. 9. The media should be banned from making live coverage of such incidences and encounters. A common agency should give information to all the channels and news agencies. this is to avoid confusion, chaos and also to avoid the information passing on to the terrorists. 10. The Internal security persons of all the three wings should be given the latest tools and weapons to deal with any situation. 11. Every security person, the ATS & Police personnel should necessarily wear personnel protective gears in all emergencies. 12. The salaries of all armed forces, police , NSGs etc should be the best in the country. They should have extensive insurance coverage, very attractive pension schemes, housing etc. This will help in attracting the best in the country. Their family persons should be given a fixed amount per month , almost equivalent to their last drawn salary, as pension in case the person lays down his / her life while serving the country for such a cause. 13. Make the military training compulsory, for two years , for all countrymen above the age of 16, be he in the college or not. 14. Above all !! engage the best from amongst the retired army / police / paramilitary forces to draft a policy a law and a system. 15. Hire people from abroad like ex FBI , Scotland Police , CBI etc , as consultants, to recommend a policy to fight terror. 16. Implement the policy at the earliest. If Dr. Amedkar could draft a well made Constitution 6 decades back , why can it not be done now ?? Basically , I feel we and our politicians are lacking the will to tackle this issue.