Posted on: December 26, 2023

Is this the smart city that we are envisioned? Is this the vision of the Honorable Prime Minister?

Nature is massacred in the name of Smart City Development. Rivers are destroyed. Rules are violated. Systems are not followed. What are we achieving after killing the lifeblood of the cities. There need to be a Judicial check on violations in the name of development in Smart Cities. We come across incidents even the National Green Tribunal not admitting cases against violations against the nature. We are planting the seeds of disaster which our grandchildren pay back heavy prices.

Any river has memory and when it remembers, the consequences will be calamitous. Integrity of water bodies is as important as national integrity. Article 51 A(g) states that it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including the lakes and rivers.

The Madurai Bench referred to the “The Arab And The Camel” story in which the moral was, “give an inch and they will take an ell”.

A Single Bench of Justice G.R. Swaminathan observed, “The residents of Madurai are witness to the fact that there has been a substantial encroachment on Vaigai river bed by construction of link road. Any river has memory and when it remembers, the consequences will be calamitous. Integrity of water bodies is as important as national integrity. Article 51 A(g) states that it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including the lakes and rivers. Judges are citizens and we have an obligation to discharge this fundamental duty while adjudicating environmental cases.”

Who are the ultimate sufferers?

Violations of law is a temporary mechanism. Every violations remain recorded and get exposed in the future. By the time the people who had committed the mistake disappear from the site. We have seen it when four apartments were bomb blasted and grounded to nil in the state of Kerala on Supreme Court order against CRZ VIOLATIONS. People were asked to vacate their houses overnight. Everyone was making attempts to prolong action against the violations of crucial nature.

Land acquisition departments and people working associated with them should be upright officials. An airline will not allow a mentally unfit pilot to fly an aircraft. A country should not allow morally bankrupt officers to take key positions.
Politicians eying on prime properties and making efforts to grab them is a common sight today. It is like cats drinking the milk by closing eyes. Entire world can see them doing all kinds of dirty tricks. We should model the Singapore Prime Minister. Corrupt should go to jail. Country will progress only when there is growth for the people.

Money is definitely not the criteria to be happy in this world or any further world. Happiness comes when we honor our consciousness. We should learn to live an uptight life. Our words will carry wait when we are filled and fueled with integrity and dignity.

Everyone wish others to be upright. The moment we become upright, our children and others become upright.

Action should come from the top of the authorities and from the deep of our minds. There is no alternative for an inspired person. One person also can change the world when he or she or whoever is upright and God fearing. We are answerable to God. Nature should be preserved and protected. That is the primary dictum in the universe.
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