21 Aug 2017 | 02:52am IST
letters to the editor
Road accidents are common mainly due to the rise in the number of vehicles and the sense or to be precise the non-sense of driving. To add to the owes, the roads, it seem aren't able to accommodate the number of vehicles. Also with the number of development projects coming up, portions of the roads are covered making the thoroughfare even smaller and difficult for the vehicles to negotiate.
Alert citizens can do a lot to save the situation and thereby reducing casulaties. The public needs to assess the situation fast and collectively take decisions. Let me provide some ideas. If there are cuts and blood is oozing, try to arrest the blood. If the cut is deep, one can apply a bandage.
If the wound is dirty, clean it with water and tie a bandage. If there is a fracture, try to support it with a bandage or a piece of a cloth. If the fracture is complicated, simply tie a bandage. In the case of an ordinary fainting, some hot coffee may be helpful. First the crowd must be cleared so that the patient(s) get/s fresh air. If possible, the patient's possessions must be secured.
Note the number of the vehicle involved in the accident. It may be useful later on in helping the patient at the court or to get insurance benefits. The police must be informed. This is very important to avoid complications. Arrange to transport the patient to the nearest hospital for delay could mean a life in danger. Talk to the hospital authorities and see that quick action is taken. In very serious cases, you can call up the hospital for an ambulance.
If the address of the patient is known, his or her near and dear one must be informed immediately. After having seen to the comfort of the patient, make a report to the police.
An accident may involve going to the court several times causing a lot of inconvenience, especially of time and work.
But it is the moral duty of every citizen to help victims of accidents and not to be a silent and helpless witness.
Let there be a shrine of peace The Supreme Court of India with whom the case of demolition of Babri Masjid (mosque) in Ayodhya (UP) on Dec 06,1992 by the Hindu nationalists (Kar Sevaks) was pending for decades together, had since directed that an amicable, out-of-court settlement, with mutual understandings and religious harmony between the petitioners (viz. Hindu & Muslim communities/bodies) should be sorted out (made) by themselves in the final conclusion subject to the ultimate ratification (endorsement) by the S C which has now bore the fruits and accordingly, the Shia Waqf Board (much to the displeasure of the Sunni Board) had agreed & suggested to relocate the construction site for mosque separately to a nearby Muslims areas/habitats so that to pave the way for Hindus to construct the original Ram Temple on the demolition site.
Many facts such as the old history of place of Ramjanmabhoomi (the birth place of God King/Lord Rama, the 7th avatar - incarnation- of the Hindu deity Vishnu), amply supported with the proof by the archeological excavations which have indicated the presence of Ram temple beneath the demolished mosque rubbles.
In all the fairness of natural justice, it is hoped that now the Hindus will be able to construct the Ram Temple at the site where it was before, long ago.
The win-win situation for both the parties/petitioners should not be treated as a prestige or ego issue and the amicable solution now worked out should be viewed in the national interest without any biased and prejudiced minds.
In fact I feel that the final winner is our S C who was having full of optimistic hopes that this critical problem of Ayodhya issue will one day be settled amicably by the petitioners (both the parties) themselves which is now a reality.
Thanks to the S C and SWB. Long live unity & religious harmony between the Hindus and Muslims in the UNITED Democratic India. Cheers!
An eye wash and a gimmick! The announcement made by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister that an enquiry commission would be constituted to probe the death of Jayalalithaa is nothing but an eye wash particularly after almost all evidences stand wiped off with the efflux of time. This is a right example of closing the stable after the horse has bolted.
This is seen as a measure only to pave the way for the merger of the two warring factions of the AIADMK party and to hoodwink the cadres who very strongly believe that mystery shrouds the death of Jayalalithaa.
Moreover, the unilateral decision of the AIADMK government that Poes Garden where their departed leader lived would be converted as a public memorial is again gimmicks in that the said Veda Nilayam is said to have been bought and registered in the names of Jayalalithaa and her mother Sandhya.
As such, Deepa Jayaraman and her brother are the legal heirs to this property now. Deepa has also threatened legal action to claim the property and the government is also aware of the fact that they are in a sticky wicket if the legal heirs prefer their claims in the court of law.
Moreover, is it morally sound and ethical to create a memorial in the name of a person who has been convicted by the courts for corruption?
Will not such a move set a bad precedence?
Tharcius S. Fernando, Chennai
Lawless State where kids gasp to death This is with reference to the article in Herald “5 more deaths at Gorakhpur – toll rises to 71”.
God created us in His likeness and image and endowed us with every faculty which we freely enjoy and blessed us with the beauty of nature around us including the pure air that we freely breathe without any struggle or effort. But what do we humans do?
Go and deny Oxygen to innocent little children in a hospital which was ironically visited by the concerned State’s Chief Minister on two separate occasions , once just a few days before this horrific and avoidable tragedy.
It is clear that politicians will always play evil games at the cost of innocent lives as this is a man -made tragedy where the children gasped for breath as they suffocated to death!
Now the blame game has started and as usual somebody will be made the scapegoat till the public forget about this incident . Why couldn’t the CM , a self-proclaimed “ God –Man “ do something and save those babies by just ordering payment towards purchase of Oxygen-Cylinders ?
Why did the authorities wait until the last-minute to run in search of Liquid Oxygen?
This only proves that he is unfit to rule that particular State which has witnessed senseless lynchings in the name of cow protectionism spending lakhs of public rupees for purchasing ‘ Cow- Ambulances’ but yet deny oxygen to little children ,the future citizens of our Nation, allowing them to die the most cruel death !
People are now being booked under NSA for cow slaughter ( see Herald India digest dated 17th August ) but are given a free hand to indulge in human slaughter.
Curb the sting before it’s too late The State Government and the civic authorities must wake up fast to the dengue menace before it becomes a huge threat to us.
The corporation and minicipalties must go on a hyper mode and start spreading the anti-larvae dust and also start fogging at low-lying places and clean up open spaces to weed out the menace in the right perspective.
