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Punjagutta Flyover

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Safety, India | No Comments »

It didn’t crash for no reason. It shows the level of corruption in getting the job done and utter disrespect for the safety of the people. This flyover was supposed to withstand earthquakes but couldn’t withstand 5.7cm of rainfall. Government after promptly doing all the hungama, announcing ex-gratia is back to its normal self.
The seriousness […]

Five-yr-old crushed under rusty gate

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Safety, ThePioneer, Atrocity | No Comments »

How f*(^&% hard is it to fix an old gate which is a danger to every child playing on/near it?
In yet another case of gross negligence, a child died while another was critically injured, as the seven feet long iron gate they were playing on fell. The incident happened in front of Outram Lane police […]