Save Defence establishments, Mr. parrikar.
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Dear Mr. Parrikar, it is agonizing, to say the least, reading about the major fire that took place in the middle of the night, in Pulegaon, Maharashtra yesterday. Even before the raging fires could be doused, the cannons have already let loose on Modi, and the inability of this government to stop avert this disaster.
People conveniently forget that there have been a heap of similar incidents in the recent past , in our very own India.
Bharatpur depot in 2000
Pathankot depot in 2001
Jodhpur Depot in 2001
Kashmir ( I don't remember where) - 2007
And now, Pulgaon in 2005, and again in 2016
Without getting into politics, let me state categorically. I am NOT one of those who believe that callousness could have caused so many incidents. in a trot. I refuse to believe that negligence could have caused these accidents, on an incident-to-incident basis. I am sure that being army establishments, a thorough investigation would have been conducted in each of these locations after the incident. And whether it was indeed negligence, or sabotage or any other reason, I refuse to believe that the governments , this, or the previous ones, were dumb enough to release the findings in public domain. Defence 101 would dictate that the establishment quietly plugs any loopholes that may have found, without any drumbeats in the media.
Therefore, I find it very amusing, to say the least, that the so-called "experts" pronounce THIS government guilty of negligence. When this has happened so frequently in the past as well. When all "preventive measures" taken then have yielded nothing incremental, practically, going by the alarming regularity of such incidents. Nothing is more evident than the bias of the media against this government. And I choose to ignore it.
And yet, Mr. Parrikar, as a common citizen, I am distraught at such news. Not just for the loss of lives and property that such incidents cause. But from the larger issue of the nation's security. Let me explain why.
If these are caused by the so-called negligence of the defence establishment, then it is a shocker for any Indian. Because, it then becomes very evident that even small disturbances, knowingly or unknowingly, can cause a good portion of the country's ammunition to be destroyed. Imagine if this were to happen during war time. Where will we go for ammunition to defend the borders?
If these were sabotages, then it uncovers porosity in our defence posture, which can very easily be exploited by the enemy.
Either way, for an emerging superpower in the world horizon, this, to me, clearly is a chink in our armoury - quite literally. And needs to be fixed on the cliched war-footing basis.
Sir, you have started saving the country billions of dollars, through renegotiation of defence contracts and through other programs like "Make in India". The results will be there to see, for all, over the years. But I would rather that you spend the money thus saved, in fortifying security of our defence establishments. I would rather that you give a strong message to the enemy that India is strong enough to protect it's borders, as well it's establishments that provide that protective cover - Pulgoan, Pathankot et al.
Let the fire be doused for good. Let any future fire be opened only in the borders - at the enemy.
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Dear Mr. Parrikar, it is agonizing, to say the least, reading about the major fire that took place in the middle of the night, in Pulegaon, Maharashtra yesterday. Even before the raging fires could be doused, the cannons have already let loose on Modi, and the inability of this government to stop avert this disaster.
People conveniently forget that there have been a heap of similar incidents in the recent past , in our very own India.
Bharatpur depot in 2000
Pathankot depot in 2001
Jodhpur Depot in 2001
Kashmir ( I don't remember where) - 2007
And now, Pulgaon in 2005, and again in 2016
Without getting into politics, let me state categorically. I am NOT one of those who believe that callousness could have caused so many incidents. in a trot. I refuse to believe that negligence could have caused these accidents, on an incident-to-incident basis. I am sure that being army establishments, a thorough investigation would have been conducted in each of these locations after the incident. And whether it was indeed negligence, or sabotage or any other reason, I refuse to believe that the governments , this, or the previous ones, were dumb enough to release the findings in public domain. Defence 101 would dictate that the establishment quietly plugs any loopholes that may have found, without any drumbeats in the media.
Therefore, I find it very amusing, to say the least, that the so-called "experts" pronounce THIS government guilty of negligence. When this has happened so frequently in the past as well. When all "preventive measures" taken then have yielded nothing incremental, practically, going by the alarming regularity of such incidents. Nothing is more evident than the bias of the media against this government. And I choose to ignore it.
And yet, Mr. Parrikar, as a common citizen, I am distraught at such news. Not just for the loss of lives and property that such incidents cause. But from the larger issue of the nation's security. Let me explain why.
If these are caused by the so-called negligence of the defence establishment, then it is a shocker for any Indian. Because, it then becomes very evident that even small disturbances, knowingly or unknowingly, can cause a good portion of the country's ammunition to be destroyed. Imagine if this were to happen during war time. Where will we go for ammunition to defend the borders?
If these were sabotages, then it uncovers porosity in our defence posture, which can very easily be exploited by the enemy.
Either way, for an emerging superpower in the world horizon, this, to me, clearly is a chink in our armoury - quite literally. And needs to be fixed on the cliched war-footing basis.
Sir, you have started saving the country billions of dollars, through renegotiation of defence contracts and through other programs like "Make in India". The results will be there to see, for all, over the years. But I would rather that you spend the money thus saved, in fortifying security of our defence establishments. I would rather that you give a strong message to the enemy that India is strong enough to protect it's borders, as well it's establishments that provide that protective cover - Pulgoan, Pathankot et al.
Let the fire be doused for good. Let any future fire be opened only in the borders - at the enemy.
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