Ensure safety from wild animals
It’s quite disturbing to know that wild animals like leopards and black panthers have ventured into villages and causing harm to people.
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Deforestation has not only caused harm to ecosystem, in the form of climatic change but it has also caused wild animals to frequently visit villages which are at the edge of the forest. The domestic animals are often attacked by these wild cats, incurring huge losses to the people in the vicinity. Sadly, people have to leave in fear. In addition, the surprising attack of leopard on the concerned individual was at a place where there were no street lights.
However, it would be in the best interest of the public that the street lights are in working condition. Moreover, the authorities concerned should ensure protective measures on priority basis, to avoid further setbacks on the said route.
Eventually, the ground reality remains unchanged until the big cats are captured and safely released in the forest.
Joseph Savio Desouza, Candolim
Award wonder dog Urus
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that the leakage in the pipeline of the petroleum company at Matvem-Dabolim has been identified and the situation is being monitored by the South Goa Collector and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB).
It is learnt that multiple points along the petroleum pipeline in Vasco was identified as probable leakage points by the Belgian Malinois dog ‘Urus’ engaged by the petroleum company which began excavating these points. It must be said due to the leakage of the petroleum product, Vasco was literally sitting on a ticking time-bomb and if not for the dog Urus it would have been almost impossible to find the leakage points in the 14-km long pipeline. It is not for nothing that a dog is said to be man’s best friend.
The 30-month-old Urus is reportedly famous in North India and has been responsible for detecting a huge cache of illicit alcohol in Punjab. The Belgian Malinois was awarded for detection of three lakh litres of illicit liquor in Punjab. Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland have reported that the Belgian Malinois is among the smartest dog breeds of all. It would be in the fitness of things for the Goa government through the department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services to award the wonder dog Urus for the service rendered to the general public in detecting the leakage point thereby preventing a major disaster in the state.
Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco
Telangana CM strikes chord with the masses
The newly appointed Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, has begun his tenure with a firm stance. Soon after being sworn in as the State’s first Congress Chief Minister, Reddy signed the file to implement his party’s poll guarantees, showcased in the Congress’ electoral manifesto. He also invited the people to attend Friday’s Praja Darbar and present their grievances. Revanth’s line, “We are sevaks, not rulers”, must strike a chord with the masses.
N J Ravi Chander, Bengaluru
Are we safe in this modern world?
In ancient times, our ancestors enjoyed their lives with good health without too many doctors and too many hospitals. There were no much health issues either.
Even if there was any, they used to treat the same with homemade ayurvedic medicines and thus there was healthy food and healthy lifestyle.
They used to live for 90 and even 100 years but today in this modern world, we have to be very careful to survive. When we get up in the morning, we have to be very careful to see that we do not eat plastic eggs for breakfast.
We have to be very careful to choose ingredients to prepare our lunch, not to cook plastic rice with chemical injected vegetables, fish preserved with formalin, chicken grown within a week by injecting steroids injections etc.
At night, we prefer to have a peg or two but remember that the brew is duplicate staff.
And before going to bed, we take our medicines even these medicines are duplicate in the market. So now everybody is in fix wondering how to survive and how to live a healthy life. Will the authorities answer my querries as to how to lead a safe and healthy life?
Natividade Fernandes, Cavelossim
Fulfill each and every poll promise
It has become a trend nowadays for newly elected parties to keep up to their word and fulfil promises made to the public immediately after the swearing-in ceremony is over.
Advertisements, bulletins and hoardings follow declaring that two or three of the parties guarantees have been fulfilled within two days of assuming office. Some files also get cleared within a couple of days. Unfortunately in most cases, the ripples are felt for a few months and then we find most of the promises like monetary aid to women, LPG at a low price, free bus travel for women and children, support for farmers, government jobs for the youth, medical insurance and so on remain unfulfilled. The public again starts queuing up with grievances and the scenario is back to square one.
A consistent approach by leaders who feel the pulse of the public, meticulous planning on how to fulfil the promises given during election times, avoiding in house party politics and a fair approach to mitigate the problems of the commoners can win the trust of the public which in a way helps the government to rule good and make the life of people better.
M Pradyu, Kannur
Human rights need to be respected
Governments of the world are duty-bound to secure the right of every individual although it does not always happen that way.
Right to equality and freedom from discrimination, right to life, right to liberty, right to personal security are some basic universal human rights. Right to privacy, right of believing and choosing a religion and freedom of opinion are others.
Race, colour, religion, sex, language, leanings, origin – none should come in the way of human beings fully enjoying their rights. When interference becomes a routine, inequality becomes the rule much to the detriment of citizens.
Since poverty and discrimination are also precursors of inequality, any social, economic and cultural corrections should be applied to set right the above. Perhaps poverty is the greatest human rights challenge and needs to be tackled as an obligation.
Youth and women of a country can act as catalysts to stem rights violations. Peace and prosperity thrive when rights of an individual is respected. Peace and development are interrelated; both cannot flourish without each other. But both cannot grow together if the human right of a person is not valued.
Ganapathi Bhat, Akola
