The Union government also needs to have a closer look at all the 'islands of peace' in the country. The discovery of the naxalite run arms factory has shown that Bhopal could be called an island of peace only because the outlaws chose to keep it like that. Rocket launchers, SLRs grenades and other deadly weapons recovered from the factory if used in the city could have changed the meaning of peace in the lake city for ever. The weapons were being produced in the city and supplied to conflict zones for the past five years. The story could be similar in other peaceful towns across the country as well. The disease can be diagnosed and cured before it is too late.
So how does one get to know about such operations? The intelligence network developed by security agencies can not suffice. The glass has to be looked as half empty. The only way out is a greater police-citizen interaction. For example those living near the arms factory in Bhopal knew that something was going on as the shutter was always half down. It went on like this for years and no one bothered to inform the police. Why? The common man has to be sensitized about the apparent security threat. It could be any neigbourhood. And if it is my neighbourhood I'm the worst affected. This realization has to come.
Workshops at the neighbourhood level on how to look for suspicious objects is the need. If the common man becomes a partner, particularly in towns that are today peaceful, they can remain like that for good. Once the citizen is armed with the knowledge to discern the suspects, the security agencies would be flooded with information. Adequate man power would be required to process this information. Money can not be a constraint for developing such a force. The propaganda budget of all state governments and the union government can be cut by half. Giant sized hoardings and full page advertisements describing the achievements of those in power can wait for another day. Also other means will have to be explored.
Meanwhile youth gone astray has to be brought back to the mainstream. No effort is sufficient on this front till the end result is achieved. Simply saying that they are equal partners in the system will serve little purpose. The fact is they are not. Not many will choose a life full of hardships in the jungle just for adventure.
About the AuthorHemender Sharma A chance reporter, reporting for CNN-IBN from Bhopal. Has reported for the Sun Magazine, Delhi MidDay, Hindustan Times, Asian Age and Sahara Samay in ...Read Morefirst published:January 26, 2007, 18:31 ISTlast updated:January 26, 2007, 18:31 IST
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In matters of state there is no scope for the half-full version of the glass. And those who choose to look at it like this do so at their own peril. Diseases afflicting the state are difficult to diagnose in the beginning but easy to cure. Conversely when they can be identified by everyone there is hardly anything that can be done about them. The Madhya Pradesh government would be better advised to treat the recent discovery of an arms factory in the state capital as cancer. Also the state police would be doing a great service to the nation if it concentrated on finding out how it did not come to know of a Naxalite- operation that by its own admission was being run for the past five years.
The Union government also needs to have a closer look at all the 'islands of peace' in the country. The discovery of the naxalite run arms factory has shown that Bhopal could be called an island of peace only because the outlaws chose to keep it like that. Rocket launchers, SLRs grenades and other deadly weapons recovered from the factory if used in the city could have changed the meaning of peace in the lake city for ever. The weapons were being produced in the city and supplied to conflict zones for the past five years. The story could be similar in other peaceful towns across the country as well. The disease can be diagnosed and cured before it is too late.
So how does one get to know about such operations? The intelligence network developed by security agencies can not suffice. The glass has to be looked as half empty. The only way out is a greater police-citizen interaction. For example those living near the arms factory in Bhopal knew that something was going on as the shutter was always half down. It went on like this for years and no one bothered to inform the police. Why? The common man has to be sensitized about the apparent security threat. It could be any neigbourhood. And if it is my neighbourhood I'm the worst affected. This realization has to come.
Workshops at the neighbourhood level on how to look for suspicious objects is the need. If the common man becomes a partner, particularly in towns that are today peaceful, they can remain like that for good. Once the citizen is armed with the knowledge to discern the suspects, the security agencies would be flooded with information. Adequate man power would be required to process this information. Money can not be a constraint for developing such a force. The propaganda budget of all state governments and the union government can be cut by half. Giant sized hoardings and full page advertisements describing the achievements of those in power can wait for another day. Also other means will have to be explored.
Meanwhile youth gone astray has to be brought back to the mainstream. No effort is sufficient on this front till the end result is achieved. Simply saying that they are equal partners in the system will serve little purpose. The fact is they are not. Not many will choose a life full of hardships in the jungle just for adventure.
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