It’s the 11’o clock in the morning. A
person in not-so-good dressing gets down from an almost obsolete vehicle and
gets into the factory located in an area with a stinking odor of industrial waste and rubbish.
He gets into the factory after showing his service card to the watchman who reluctantly allows him to go inside. His confidence shows he must have the authority to get into a factory.
He is then taken to a lavishly designed office where a person is sitting and nothing is on his table. He soon after entering the room asks the person sitting on the other side of the table without doing any formalities.
He gets into the factory after showing his service card to the watchman who reluctantly allows him to go inside. His confidence shows he must have the authority to get into a factory.
He is then taken to a lavishly designed office where a person is sitting and nothing is on his table. He soon after entering the room asks the person sitting on the other side of the table without doing any formalities.
You can talk to me, I am the owner of this factory.
I want to ask you that do you treat the effluent of your
factory before disposing of it?
No, treat means naturalizing its
harmful effects before releasing it into the same water body which you are
doing now without treating the effluent of your factory. You know it is not good to pollute the environment.
No, I don’t do this and why should
I waste my time and money both to neutralize it, am I a fool.
But you have to do this because
environmental law asks you to do this and not pollute the environment.
What is environmental law, where
it is, I don’t know about such law? This is the problem of rich countries. We
are a poor country and business is already very slow here and you want to make
it slower by slapping another condition on us.
It means if you don’t know about
any law you are not bound to obey it
Yes why did the government not
tell me about it soon after publishing this law?
The job of the government is to pass
a law and after that people have to abide by it.
But why I alone follow this law,
why others are not following it.
They will also follow the law but
you should stop your act of polluting.
Why should I stop my act of
polluting; you mean I waste my money to treat the effluent before its disposal
and they guys do nothing and earn more than me. It’s not fair!
Do you know what is fair and what
is unfair?
Oh don’t teach me morals and let
me run my factory as I want.
But you have to do this;
otherwise, legal action can be initiated against you because you pollute the
environment.
Who the hell are you to insist me
abiding by environment law? Is there anyone who can initiate legal action
against me?
I am official of pollution
control agency of your area and it is my duty to make all abide by green laws.
O I see that is why you are
insisting me to stop polluting but you don’t know me fully.
I know you are the owner of this
factory.
No, it is not my complete intro
man; I am more than simply a factory owner.
What do you mean by “more than”,
do you have more businesses?
No, my dear, I am not talking about
my several factories and businesses all across the country.
Then what do you mean by “more
than”.
My dear, I am a member of the ruling party of this country, my younger brother is a powerful bureaucrat and
my two cousins are ministers in the federal government.
Oh, I see; sir you should have
told me this earlier; I might have said some hard words to you because of not
knowing you full. I beg your pardon sir; I am a poor man of this poor country.
I was just testing to what extent
you can go in the line of your duty.
Fine sir but may I still ask you
to follow the environment law and not pollute the environment.
No, you need not ask further and
waste my time.
OK, sir, I am going and call me
for any service anytime, I will be happy to serve you; I am a poor man sir.
No, I don’t need anything from
you just take this envelop and get out.
What is inside this sir?
Nothing; it’s just a tip, a token
of a good gesture from me.
Oh, thanks a lot sir. God bless
you, you are so good, a responsible citizen of this country, we must be proud
of you.
OK now what do you think; am I not
following any bloody environmental law.
I don’t know sir; you seem to be
a law-abiding person.
Are you sure?
I am sure sir how can a brother
of top bureaucrat and cousin of two ministers break any law.
Good, you are a very realistic
person. OK take this money and tell all how environment-friendly I am.
Right sir; I will keep telling
others about your environmental friendliness.
OK, bye and never come back
(murmurs) bullshit.
To Be Continued
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