Launch capsize
It is refreshing to see that the government has decided to take stern actions against those responsible for the recent launch capsize in Bhola. If the authorities mean what they say, and are willing to follow through with it without bias or prejudice, it will set a precedence worth following.
Is the government also willing to look into, and take similar actions for the countless road mishaps, launch capsizes and train derailments that have been taking place over the last 38 years? Or is this particular launch capsize a case of "special interest"? What about all the lives that have been lost till now? And what about those who caused all the deaths through negligence and irresponsibility? A truck runs over a rickshaw, kills everyone in it, and then the driver of the truck makes good his escape. It is news which appears only once on the pages of a newspaper and is then buried and forgotten forever. We don't care because those in the rickshaw were not one of ours. Or maybe because those the dead leave behind discover that justice is not meant for all. I am yet to see a single fleeing truck driver being made to justify his misdeed. It is the same story with those (at every level) who mismanage movement over water, rail and in the air.
The accepted norm for those who could not care less about the lives being lost is "You can wrong, and not be held responsible". Is this the standard we have set for ourselves?
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