Resignations don't stop mishaps, good safety standards do
- Sagarika Ghose
- TNN Jun 10, 2023, 20:01 IST IST
Citizens need accountability for systemic breakdowns which are jeopardising our lives, something that ensures the system learns from mistakes
Dear government ministers,
Citizens are numbed. On the evening of June 2, as passengers settled down for a train journey ahead, death came suddenly. Within minutes, hundreds perished in the Balasore accident. Parents lost children, families lost breadwinners. A notebook found on the railway tracks at Balasore contained a poem. It read: “Small clouds create rain, small tales create love.” We will never know who this nameless poet on the train was, dreaming of rain and love. A doll was found too, its arms ripped off. A gift? Or being carried by a child? We’ll never know.
Citizens are numbed. On the evening of June 2, as passengers settled down for a train journey ahead, death came suddenly. Within minutes, hundreds perished in the Balasore accident. Parents lost children, families lost breadwinners. A notebook found on the railway tracks at Balasore contained a poem. It read: “Small clouds create rain, small tales create love.” We will never know who this nameless poet on the train was, dreaming of rain and love. A doll was found too, its arms ripped off. A gift? Or being carried by a child? We’ll never know.
