3. Yes! It certainly is shining in the malls, in the
PVRs, in the pubs & nightclubs, in the
flyovers and high-rises of the metros. It is
shining in the glitz and glamour of the high
income class living in modern luxuries,
earning high salaries. We have certainly come
a long way from what we were. The
revolutionary economic changes made after
the 1991 economic (India’s Balance of
Payment) crisis has certainly changed the
face of the country for the better.
4.
5. Still people live on the streets
and pathetic
Slums.
Slum Population of India have exceeded the population of Britain. It has doubled
in last two decades. Almost 70% of Mumbai's population lives in a slum. As more
people leave India's rural areas to make their millions in the cities where they
expect to find jobs and homes, more people are ending up living in a slums.
Today, urban poverty is huge with some 81 million people living on incomes
below the poverty line. 25.1 million in 2001 to 93 million in 2011 in ten years and
it is projected to grow at 5% per year, adding nearly two million every year,
according to official Government data.
6. “This is a grave situation. It’s raining, it’s snowing, these
people are still without shelter.”
-Anonymous.
There were still 1.77 million people living without
houses in roadside, railway platforms, under flyovers
in India in 2011. However, the number of homeless
people in India declined in 2013. Some 18,200 people
died due to cold and damp conditions in 2013 to 2014.
7.
8. A study reveals that the debt trap is
the main cause of certain farmers
taking the extreme step of
committing suicide. Debt trap is
getting tightened up because of the
agrarian crisis on the one hand and
inaccessibility of institutional
credit on the other. No institutions
are forthcoming to lend money to
farming community for the same
purposes for which they lend
money to urban middle class. Thus
the farmers have to depend on
non-institutional credit.
9. According to an article in Time
Magazine, deaths in India related to
dowry demands have increased 15-
fold since the mid-1980 from 400 a
year to around 5800 a year by the
middle of the 1990s. Some
commentators claim that the rising
number simply indicates that more
cases are being reported as a result of
increased activity of women’s
organizations. Others however, insist
that the incidents of dowry- related
deaths has increased.
10.
11. When a fire breaks out in a high rise building
(Bengaluru case), trapped people suffocate to death,
because the fireman do not have masks to enter the
thick smoke!
The police fight over the issue
of ‘whose area is it’, when an
accident victim is lying on the
road, bleeding to death.
• Drains & manholes are
callously left open for people to fall and die.
12. People are dying because of cranes and
pillars of under construction sites falling
on them.(The Delhi Metro work has
claimed several innocent lives due to
careless engineers and supervisors).
Parents kill their children for the sake of
honor, if they marry outside their caste.
We spend hours stuck in traffic jam, and
Bribing is a common practice in the
government circle.
13.
14. To reduce slums, Government must generate employment
in villages, so that the villagers don’t travel to big cities in
search of jobs.
To improve the conditions of people without roofs, NIGHT
NEECHE(Raen Basera) should be made popular and these
people should be made aware about it.
To help children visit school, we must improve the social
status by making them aware of the importance of
education. Plus, Government schools are free.
In the case of dowry, it is necessary to change the mindset
of society. Though it is not an overnight process, but we
should teach our children from an early stage what impact
dowry can have. We can also update the study course of
students where children can learn to avoid and eliminate
these social evils.
15. To help farmers in their condition, they should be aware of
their proper insurance policies of crops and effective
irrigational facilities like Drip Irrigation and use of sprinklers
should be encouraged.
When in case or fire, improving the present infrastructure
can prove to be a good alternative for firemen. Also,
government should take initiative to equip GPS Systems in
fire vehicles to minimize the time of reach.
When an accident occurs, people shouldn’t be afraid to help
as the new law based on “ZERO HARRASMENT” law has
been enforced since 2014. In cases of emergency, first the
treatment will begin and then the legal proceedings will
follow.
Tube wells and manholes dug should be covered and proper
guidelines should be followed that are needed for protection.
16. “Atikraman” to be avoided-Illegal possession of public place
should be checked. So that the roads can be stretched more
and eventually avoid traffic jams. Traffic should be well
regulated with GPS Systems so that traffic could be deviated
and well-distributed, avoiding accumulations.
Proper enactments of labor laws will minimize accidents like
all prime-movers should be covered, high chimney to be well
supported and proper vaccination should be done to provide
septic. The material they use for the construction should be
checked.
To eliminate bribing, employ CHARTER in every
department. This will ease government proceedings and will
increase output of government organizations.