History has a strange way of producing coincidences. I couldn't agree more when i see the below things in toto.
World environment day (June 5th) was celebrated a few days back.
Yesterday's judgement of Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
U.S is facing the crisis of BP oil spill.
India is going to take up 'Nuclear liability bill' in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
Are these things in a 'pattern' suggesting us something? Telling us to learn from our mistakes and don't repeat them? Approximately from 6000 B.C man started getting 'aggressive with environment' and now is it reaching the 'climax' where we will go back to those times? But its a tough choice to balance these perspectives - development, sustainability & safety. India is in serious shortage of power. Nuclear power seems to be a 'better' option in comparison with fossil fuels which are serious contributors to global warming. But the way in which Indian government is trying to bend laws in the form of 'Nuclear Liability Bill' needs serious introspection. US governments tried to circumvent many laws for oil companies in their mad rush for oil and now they are facing BP oil spill. Serious lessons to be learnt.
What can anyone say about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy judgement that came yesterday? The law, courts and the system have made fools of themselves. People and their future generations lost everything and all they got is an average of Rs.12,000/. Moreover the money, its sheer failure of the system - 25 years for a judgement with no serious convictions, taking years to rehabilitate people and still not cleaning up the area near Union Carbide site. A scientific team found traces of 'Mercury' in mother's milk from these areas. State clearly letting down its citizens.
Government should seriously introspect and plug all the loopholes of Nuclear liability bill so that the law will not be 'open to interpretation'. And its high time for judicial, educational and health reforms before bragging about financial, energy and power reforms.
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