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Journalism of Courage
Keeping track of this week8217;s snakes and ladder score
Up:
Engineering teachers of government colleges, as the State Government has decided to implement compulsory courses for them. This is designed to update the skills of the teachers in a fast-evolving scenario. With technology changing every day, training them will go a long way in helping the students adapt themselves to the dynamic environment.
Safety norms, as Additional Commissioner Deepak Kapoor initiated measures to educate theatre owners to deal with exigencies. After the Neelayam theatre incident exposed the lack of facilities and initiative, Kapoor called for a meeting of theatre-owners to educate them on safety norms and prepare slides to instruct the audience.
The residents of bhosari, as the PCMC will build a Rs 2.2 million capacity water tank to cater to the water supply demand of the residents in the area. Already Rs 88.43 lakh has been sanctioned for the tank8230; seems like the water-woes of these residents are coming to an end.
Down
Cinemagoers, as the Neelayam fire scare exposed the lack of proper planning to deal with such situations. Not only was the hall ill-equipped to deal with the incident, the people there were callous enough to leave the doors locked up. Had it been a real fire instead of the pesticide smoke sucked in by the air-conditioners, the theatre could have turned into a virtual death trap.
The six-seater rickshaws, with the Regional Transport Authority RTA BEING directed to ban them from plying within municipal limits. With the whole issue rebounding from one controversy to another, and the six-seater drivers threatening an agitation, it seems like a classic case of Hobson8217;s choice.
The paud fly-over, with the inauguration being delayed because no celebrity can be found for the momentous occasion. The flyover has gone through the classic yo-yo routine as it overshot deadlines for its construction. Now, with the delay in its inauguration, the flyover seems to be jinxed.
Environment, as fresh digging was discovered at Bhamburda, where the forest department is planning to construct bungalows for its officials. The department has already come in for a lot of flak from environmentalists for destroying the vital green cover that the forest supplies to the city.
