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Call it a tragedy or stupidity

How long are we going to read such haunting headlines in our news papers
"5 year old boy ran over by school van"

"autorikshaw carrying the small kids hit by a lorry"


and after all this, here comes another headlines.. on June 20th 2009

Boy slips and falls, comes under wheels of MTC bus

Who to blame for this....
the child....
the parents who allowed the kid to go in the bus...
the bus driver and the Conductor who did not see who is on the foot board..
the government which gave free passes for the children...

whatever happens at the end , the the life of an innocent kid is taken away...

what is in for the learning..

People see this News talk about it..next day they go back to office and the same kind of headlines are repeated may be in the near future ...Who knows?

Blaming the kid and the parents in this particular case is meaningless as they are forced to take up MTC as a mode of transport due to the living standards.
They cannot afford to have private vans or autorikshaws to take their kid to school.

The driver or the conductor could have been extra cautious.
[but that never happens . we are already aware of their attitude aren't we..:( ]

We shall not blame the government directly rather the onus is on them indirectly.
They have come up with a plan or kind of freebie to attract the votes of parents
by providing the free passes to the kids. We are happy with the plan and a nice move to encourage school going kids.

But the kids have to struggle to get into the buses and they have strong contenders of young teenagers on the foot board and this makes them insecure on boarding the bus.

Have a look @ the foto..A terrifying experience for the young school goers..
[Photo Courtesy : hindu]


So what can we do to avoid such haunting headline in the News.
  • The Ideal solution for avoiding such situations would be to have separate school buses for the School goers [ to recall ..separate ladies Buses were in rule some years back] .
  • They should have automatic closed doors and should flee with two conductors or route champions and they should be specially trained for child care.
  • Should not carry more than 60 children.
  • The existing fleet from the MTC can be used and there is no need for an addition fleet to be purchased and the existing routes can be used.

we know its all utopia..but it can be done...and media has a bigger responsibilty in implementing such new innovations in the transport and Safety of young children.
This would attract a huge number of vote bank.[suyanalathilum oru pothu nalam]

To be Born on this land is not so easy and seeing a child dieing on the road for no fault of his is miserable, and my Deepest condolences to the Family who have lost their Kid.


Good Article on the Road Safety of the Children:
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Dangerous+autorickshaw+drives&artid=JGKE1FAGjqQ=

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