The Cable Guys!

A 7 year old boy died in my city last week. Got electrocuted by a cable tv wire. A million visits by so-called VIPs to the dead boy's house later, nothing seems to have happened. The cables still hang, the rains still wash away wires, and to top it the city is being held at ransom by a bunch of luncatics called cable-tv operators, and officials of the BCC-BMP-Bescom and MLAs.
 
One look at the following list and you'll understand what's happening:
 
1. The CM visits the boy's family and announces a cash compensation (Rs.1 lakh??), which they promptly refuse. Fires a couple of officers of Bescom and orders and enquiry from the Secretariat.

2. The Power Minister visits the spot. Fires a couple of more Bescom officers and orders another enquiry from his ministry.

3. The Bescom chief visits. Doesn't fire any of his officials, but announces yet another enquiry!
 
(What will be the outcome of these politically backed enquiries is anybody's guess.)
 
4. Bescom annouces that it will cut down all illegal cable wires that are using their electric poles. Incidentally, there are about 400 km of legal cables and 12000 km of illegal ones in this city! Were the Bescom engineers napping when these guys were laying the cables? Or were they feeding their pockets with kickbacks from the operators?
 
5. Bescom cuts down illegal cable wires arbitrarily overnight. In the process, it cuts down some legal ones also ;-) .. This enrages the cable guys who cut off all cable transmissions in the middle of the Asia Cup cricket tournament .. The people are held at ransom for no fault of theirs!
 
The enquiries are still happening .. The cable guys are still striking .. The power guys are still blaming them .. The politicians are still milking the issue for political mileage .. The citizens are still gaping in utter confusion .. And everyone is passing the buck!
 
Indeed I feel sorry for the boy .. But not as much as I feel for the plight the city has come to .. Think about the glory that Bangalore was to become - The next Singapore, huh?! Forget Singapore, we will be the next Bermuda Triangle at this rate .. With so many suckers around!