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There was a recen...Glad you're writing about Alang. There was a recent documentary on PBS, featuring Alang........soon after i'd read about it in a few magazines. The level of toxins and the haphazard way of disposal with scant regard for workers health is depressing (though not surprising). And it's the same in almost all hazardous industries in India. Here is where strong rules need to be applied and enforced, without exception.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1136439749729847112006-01-05T11:12:00.000+05:302006-01-05T11:12:00.000+05:30Ok. The anger was only against our Left parties - ...Ok. The anger was only against our Left parties - CPI and CPI(M). I absolutely did not have Greenpeace in mind when I wrote the above piece. Have the CPI/CPI-M ever spoken about Alang or done anything to improve conditions? The last I know Brinda Karat was ranting about an Ayurvedic medicine supplier. <BR/>My point was that the govt (whichever it is) simply refuses to be an enabler and helping businesses prosper. Instead there are steps taken that will retard the private sector and again force several people into these hellholes of Alang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1136437220192208852006-01-05T10:30:00.000+05:302006-01-05T10:30:00.000+05:30Nikhil, you're welcome to your anger against the l...Nikhil, you're welcome to your anger against the leftists of the world, but you might want to direct it more accurately than to say: <I>Why do they not utter a word about places such as Alang</I>.<BR/><BR/>With Alang, it is pretty much only your leftists who have raised questions about what is going on there, starting with Greenpeace. <BR/><BR/>And what this has to do with private sector reservations, I have no clue.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1136424146135751492006-01-05T06:52:00.000+05:302006-01-05T06:52:00.000+05:30This was precisely the point I had raised when the...This was precisely the point I had raised when there were some articles on the Honda motor strike. The leftisits and their stooges in the media went hammer and tongs about this incident. Why do they not utter a word about places such as Alang. It is terrible to think that a small army of workers are working in that place and that is not considering the environmental damage. <BR/>I reiterate the only way to move our fellow citizens out of this misery and other hellholes such as the UP tanneries, carpet factories and Sivakasi is for the govt to be an enabler of industries such as Agro processing, light engineering and electronics that are not so hazardous and do not wreck the eco-system to such a large extent. Even service industries such as eco-tourism and heritage tourism have a potential to be job creators. This can be done by proper investment in infrastructure, supply chains etc<BR/>Even after our achievements after the green revolution, we have not yet modernized the agro supply chain. With such a great historical heritage our tourism infrastructure and handicraft export is even inferior to Bali.<BR/>All this requires political will and not bowing down to vested interests. At present the powers that be seem hell bent on undoing even the little we have achieved by trying to force reservations in the private sector etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1136414827303538392006-01-05T04:17:00.000+05:302006-01-05T04:17:00.000+05:30Dilip,Small point here-If you look at responsibili...Dilip,<BR/><BR/>Small point here-<BR/><BR/>If you look at responsibilities:<BR/><BR/>The French Govt (in the case of the Clemenceau) is getting done with the <I>its</I> work at hand.<BR/><BR/>Greenpeace's motive is to oppose environmentally harmful activity anywhere in the world, and <I>they</I> are accomplishing that.<BR/><BR/>The workers' motive is to earn a day's living, and <I>they</I> are achieving that.<BR/><BR/>Now think about it- if this activity is really harmful to all the people working at Alang and the coast surrounding it, and to heaven knows what else ... well, it <I>is</I> decidedly harmful.<BR/><BR/>So <I>some</I>one, <I>some</I> entity is failing miserably in its job- hmm, I wonder what part of public life it is that is entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of the citizenry.<BR/><BR/>Oh that's right, I was looking for the word <B>government</B>. I couldn't find it anywhere in this ongoing melee, sorry.<BR/><BR/>Once again, it burns me, but this time, I am confused in all directions, except one.Kartikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721822677669963987noreply@blogger.com