Just imagine yourself into this…
You take your family out on a drive to enjoy the nature in this beautiful rainy season or to a local temple to pray to god for the well-being of your family and India. On the way, while crossing a bridge, the water level suddenly rises and your new Tata Indica is soon submerged under water. You with your family climb atop the car and cry for help. People gather around the river banks watching your plight. You see the forest minister of the state standing across the river, you feel relieved. You know that someone will save you now. But after being strangled for 8 hrs… amidst the river, you are swept away by the vigorously flowing waters… and India just watches you…die…
If you feel that this story is just for imagination, sorry to say, this is what happened to a family in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, a couple of days back. Five members of the family drowned while the insensitive crowd simply saw them struggle for life.
You can get more details here: http://in.news.yahoo.com/060822/211/66vhb.html
While this situation stranded the family struggling for life for eight hours… I wonder where the media was all that while. (more…)
