Tuesday 9 April 2013

Burning of Living Souls



Incidents of fire broke are very much common in the industrial areas of our country but the incident of fire in a garment factory of Karachi where the horrific and deadly jaws of fire engulfed the lives of almost 300 working men, women and children. It is worst incident in the history of Pakistan which has unpacked the mismanagement and corruption of the regulatory authorities who allow the investors to set up any industry illegally in densely populated cities without taking any safety and security measures which results the death of many innocent people.

In this garment industry when the fire broke, workers tried to rush out through the windows because there were no safety measures taken in the building design. There was no emergency exit. All the people got trapped due to which a big number of workers died from suffocation.

Elected representatives of people were found on media in expressing their deep sorrows; some of the officials were seen and heard for lodging FIR, making investigation and compensating the bereaved families. We as a nation think that taking these actions is not the remedial solution to these issues.
Every terrible incident has a lesson in the end and this incident has uncovered the areas which need to be improved. Not only the owner of this factory but those authority holders who allowed him to set up the factory should be brought behind the bars. All existing industries should be re-visited properly by the relevant authorities and all the security and safety measures should be ensured. Pro-people legislation should be done for the welfare of working people in which life insurance of all the workers should be made mandatory for all the industries and workers should be allowed to form the trade unions where they can raise their concerns and get their work recognized.

If it is not done and this incident gets buried, Pakistani nation will again get the news of same nature in which many mothers will lose their sons, sisters will lose their brothers, wives will lose their husbands and children will lose their parents.

By: Abdullah Dayo

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