[HimVani] Compensation to be paid for accident victims

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Subhash Mendhapurkar

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Aug 12, 2007, 9:33:39 AM8/12/07

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Dear all,

I was planning to write about this for last few days, let me put my thoughts down and let us start debating the issue.

many of you must have read about HP Government's decision to raise the amount under compensation that is to be paid to accident victims.

Many of you also must have read the accidents that are taking place in HP and many people loosing their life.

Why are the accidents taking place? from the newspaper reports it seems that many vehicles are meeting accidents when they are not entitled to carry people - for example the pick-up van which is entitled to carry maximum 3 to six people (depending upon the licences ) was carrying 27 people which is blatantly illegal. The vehicle owner was undertaking a criminal act by not following the law and people loose their life and the Government pays compensation. As a Taxpayer, I question why should my money go for compensating (for life or injury)those who are undertaking criminal act? The pick up van must have passed through some police posts on its way, why didn't the police stopped it and fined the driver for undertaking this illegal act and made people to get out of vehicle? Isn't it criminal negligence of law enforcing authority? shouldn't they be booked under for this?Since early morning its raining very heavily here, I travel to meet a friend and encounter a private Bus - I find the bus hasn't got vipers and the glasses in front of Driver are fully covered by fog. What happens if unfortunately the bus meets the accident? The bus has passed through 3 police posts (Solan, Dharmpur and Garkhal) and how come no constable on the way has noticed this? Such lack of Governance is becoming a burden to taxpayers, why shoukd we tolerate this?

On the other hand, why do people travel in such a manner? Are they so much careless about the life? Isn't that also a criminal act - one is careless for one's life causing loss to the family and nation - so much investment the family and nation makes in building up an individual. If I decide to commit suicide and fail, then I am booked under the law, but when people undertake such suicidal travel, are they not eligible to be booked under some law?

Please donot get the impression that I am not symethetic to the victims of accidents, but at the same time if the Governance is improved and people start getting impression that if they undertake `illegal' travel, the authorities are not going to take it easy, we shall be able to save large number of lives as well as loss to the family and nation.

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Manish Gupta

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Aug 13, 2007, 1:48:41 AM8/13/07

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You have really opened-up a topic which needs to be understood well by service providers and the users as well.

Whenever I visit Himachal I do see so many people travelling on bus roofs which imparts additional load to the pooerly maintained vehicles resulting in acccidents.

People need to understand the value of life and ofcourse govt need to plan a better public transport infrastructure as well.

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Aug 13, 2007, 6:07:24 AM8/13/07

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I guess no one wants to die for money, not even suicide bombers. So it won't
be appropriate to say that the government is encouraging people to take a
chance by offering compesation to accident victims or their families. No
wonder, most of the accidents happen due to the negligence of somebody, now
who that individual, department or the government is, has always been a
point for debate. So whom do we book and on what charges?
I believe the problem lies more with the administrative machinery as has
been pointed out by Subhash. There are hundreds of laws but the
administration seldom takes any steps to make people follow them. And it is
not impossible to make people mend their ways. For example, is anybody seen
driving a tw-wheeler without a helmet in Chandigarh? No, because they know
they would be challaned. But not in Himachal. Given the tough terrain
through which Himachali roads run, it is even more important that every road
safety norm is practiced by commuters. But since we being Indian with that
chalta-hai attitude, it would take ages for us to understand the importance
of rad safety. Teh only solution left in that case is that the
administration should take a tough stand. And if the government sometime
realise that every single life is valuable, it may think of upgrading the
road infrastructure to make it more safer. All this seems unlikely, but
let's let's live in hope.

Sanjay

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Trilok Singh

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Aug 14, 2007, 8:05:48 AM8/14/07

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am 13.08.2007 12:07 Uhr schrieb sanjay versain unter sanjayversain@gmail.com:

I guess no one wants to die for money, not even suicide bombers. So it won't
be appropriate to say that the government is encouraging people to take a
chance by offering compesation to accident victims or their families. No
wonder, most of the accidents happen due to the negligence of somebody, now
who that individual, department or the government is, has always been a
point for debate. So whom do we book and on what charges?
I believe the problem lies more with the administrative machinery as has
been pointed out by Subhash. There are hundreds of laws but the
administration seldom takes any steps to make people follow them. And it is
not impossible to make people mend their ways. For example, is anybody seen
driving a tw-wheeler without a helmet in Chandigarh? No, because they know
they would be challaned. But not in Himachal. Given the tough terrain
through which Himachali roads run, it is even more important that every road
safety norm is practiced by commuters. But since we being Indian with that
chalta-hai attitude, it would take ages for us to understand the importance
of rad safety. Teh only solution left in that case is that the
administration should take a tough stand. And if the government sometime
realise that every single life is valuable, it may think of upgrading the
road infrastructure to make it more safer. All this seems unlikely, but
let's let's live in hope.

Sanjay

Dear Sisters and brothers in HP,

Your life is too valuable to be stifled with.Law enforcing agencies have to wake up and should prove that it does not "Chalta Hai"

The citizens should take the civic responsibility and make their state a model one.

Trilok

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