After a series of revelations, CWG is nothing more than a Pandora box of corruption. In one of the biggest scandal in India, it has exposed some major flaws in our system. Prices were overshot, projects were delayed and transactions happened with least transparency. Last few weeks have seen a series of corruption charges against CWG and concerned authorities. From pots to flats, everything has been mismanaged and what we have got is something, which cannot be defined in simple words. It has shown that we are still not in a position to host something of this magnitude. Our officials and politicians are not in a mindset which is required for them to do something at this level.
Corruption is a malaise which has affected our entire system. It has infected it so deeply that everybody from the top to bottom is corrupted. There won’t be even a single centi meter of construction in this country which would be corruption free. In last sixty years, more than enough money has been spent in our country to build basic infrastructure, but we are still struggling only because of this corruption. Task which can be done in 1 billion, is taking 5 billion in our country. And we have got so used to it that most often we don’t even realize it. Like in the case of CWG, if CVC has not revealed all of this information in their findings, no one had asked any question, especially the way they are being asked now.
The matter of fact, corruption is there in each and every thing which we see around us, including those cases where CVC has not reported anything. We have been doing a lot of political bashing, but those who often get away without being noticed, are actually our beurocrats. They are not less than politicians in any matter. In fact, they are the guides to politicians in administrative jungle. They are the one who act as a middleman and help politicians in all these scams, for their own interest. It is the high time when society should take cognizance of the situation and demand for changing the entire system. Move should aim to make it more transparent and establishing their accountability in proper manner.
The real issue is not about this event, it goes far beyond this. We are not yet able to provide basic amenities to all our citizens and the biggest obstacle in the process is this bloody corruption. Politicians will come and go, but if beaurocracy does it job properly, there is no reason why our condition should be so pathetic? Beaurocrats blame politicians for all problems but the reality is, they hide behind them to protect their own individual interests.
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