This is an accident but like several things here with lax implementation totally preventable had basic safety regulations been followed. The companies are not going to do the right thing and own up any responsibility but rather spin this as the fault of the engineers who should have known better.
The unsaid things are whether they had the necessary training, the equipment provided, regulations set down which were followed to the tee and whether safety personnel were around to guide them. This will be left unsaid.
2 lakhs is a disgrace, an insult for their work for these companies and their families. We really need stronger laws and implementation here and more respect for human life, dignity and labor.
Ship breaking workers in Ahmedabad, the latest Tehelka has a heart breaking story about sewage cleaners in our cities and n number of instances in our country where people have to work in inhuman and dangerous conditions and we really can't call ourselves civilized while all this goes on.
Last edited by raul : 9th December 2007 at 18:32.
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