COMMON SENSE SIMPLIFIED: PUBLIC WORKS DISASTER

COMMON SENSE SIMPLIFIED: PUBLIC WORKS DISASTER:

 The fact that most of the PWD officers are corrupt and the mafias are linked to the bureaucrats and politicians makes it extremely difficult to curb the menace. Further, judicial delays have been acting as a catalyst in giving a free run to this nexus. There are times when one can see a glimmer of hope, when a corrupt PWD official in Dewas in Madhya Pradesh was slapped a fine of Rs.5 crore and three years of incarceration by the local judge as an exemplary punishment as a bulwark against corruption. But then as I said, it is just a glimmer, similar verdicts has to come up from the judiciary that will not only stall the penetration of corruption, but also create right precedence in the minds of the perpetrators.

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