ExpertDabbler

Quite a few people have commented about my previous post.

Some of the ‘top itams’ are as under

1. That I’m mixing up issues. The issues allegedly mixed up are ‘development’ and ‘compensation’.

Now, if only things were so simple in this country!

To avoid this so called mix-up I have to assume that the government will pay ‘market value’ leave alone ‘150% of market value’ of the property as compensation.
When the government has made no such announcement that I know of, there is no reason for me to ‘assume’ that. If that’s a proposal let the government announce that.

2. Airport need be expanded, no doubt

For now, let me not even get into the politican’s land angle.

Is there any law which states that Chennai can have only one airport and that too only in Meenambakkam?? How come Bangalore is constructing its own international airport which is a good distance from the city?? Who the hell stops the Tatas, Birlas and our own Maran family from forming a consortium with some foreign developer and build a new airport in govt. land in some far away place??

Won’t the flights land and take off from there?? Do you guys forsee any vasthu issues??

I’d say the govt. can even think about some area in North Chennai. That would bring in some development in there. This would also mean some punniya aathmas who have lived in South Chennai all their lives can leave their foot prints in North Chennai due to which that area may get vimochanam and see some real development.

3. Filing PIL.

Its like saying someone will come and take my property and then I have to file a PIL to get the sale proceeds from him. That means by default I’m plundered, but I have to file a PIL and run behind courts to make it look like a sale.

And ladies and gentlemen, PILs are like masala dosas - u ask now, u will be given in 10 minutes flat, yep thats how fast the courts work. Sigh!

4. Boat club matter

I sincerely apologize. I should’ve realized that boat club area alone is too small. I should’ve included areas like adyar, kotturpuram, alwarpet, abhiramapuram etc to stress my point.

Sarcasm apart, the point I was trying to make was that any area has the potential to be ‘developed’ for some purpose or the other. But no ultra rich has never ever been affected by any ‘development’ to the best of my knowledge.

5. There is always a cost to development.

That’s only half the sentence, the other half reads “and that cost is never borne by the rich and almost always by the middle and lower classes in this country”.

6. I should’ve simply mentioned about compensation

I deliberately did not mention that because a house has got a lot of senti value to those who have only one property and who have lived there all their life. I am nobody to suggest a price for that.

If there are no options (thats a big IF) then the govt. which wants their land so badly has to take the initiatve and come up with a decent proposal to the PAP (project affected people).

My advance apologies for suggesting an offer price, but say, if the govt. comes up with an offer of 10-15 lakh per ground and a job asssurance to the affected people who need a job in their family then I think the number of agitators would be far less than what it is now.

But as I said earlier, it’s for the government to come up with a decent offer. A house is like a loved one in a family. Just because our loved one’s lives are insured for X amount does not mean that’s the value of their life and that we would kill our loved one if only we get that X amount.

6. Am I a Communist?

No. Its just that the people who control the market forces in the country would do well to have some conscience and a sense of right and wrong.

7. What I write is bullshit.

Good! It has taken 700 posts of mine for people to understand that.