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All is Not Well

by Abul M Ahmad
THE lopsided way in which Bangladesh is developing is a cause of concern. Officially it is being pointed out that we should not follow the example of Nigeria, who fretted away the natural energy resources due to mismanagement, greed and corruption. But is any attention being drawn to the way Bangkok rose and fell, as also oil-rich Indonesia, and tiger S Korea (even Malaysia and Hong Kong were not spared I?
What are the lessons to be learnt by our planning agencies, so that the ministries may be briefed well in advance? When a problem becomes visible, it Is easy to criticise. We have to foresee and want, in cases when the adverse effects start to show up after several years.
Such patterns are visible in Dhaka too. but the regimes are loo power drunk with opportunistic approach through background godfathers, making hay while the sun shines. Now comes the warning IDS June 26) that the Motljheel commercial area, the concrete Jungle of high-rise buildings, if facing danger due to tilting of the land, as the operation (for several years) ol a large number ol deep tube wells in the area are disturbing and unbalancing the underground water tables, weakening the surface structure of the soil, which might cause buildings to tilt. If it happens, there is no remedy to save the buildings, and the economic loss would be astronomical.
We boast about the high production ol agricultural prod-m ts but have we made studx s on Hie long-term effects of i|i< o' i use ol synthetic and chemi -< d lerlillsers and pestle ides? Japan Is very careful In import-
ing food products from countries which use high doses of man-made fertilisers and pesti -tides High and new technologies have their compensation factors, which the developing countries should study carefully for long-term planning
In politic s also. w< talk of building up a superb structure and infrastructure, while the very base or foundation is faulty, due to (lie influx of black money in this business of politics. and open use of muscle power and illegal arms. With corruption and politicization, the political systems loss is high, and the compensation has to be borm by the (axpa\er« This is happening right now. but the policy makers are silent.
The quality of the future governors of the country is being tarnished as the high ethics of tertiary education at all the three levels is being severely eroded mainly due to politicization and lowering of professional standards. The corrective steps are vague, vacillating, and without any sense of direction Is there no body to guide our education?
The public faith in the current political culture is evaporating. and the politicians are not responding, except with the stereotyped harangues. The ac -cumulated feedback will hit them at a time when they cannot recover. Bangladesh has passed through several political vacuums, and another one is in the making. It is good if it will cleanse up the dirty system la symbolical omen: the WASA underground pipes are bursting: and the DCC drains are clogged: — too old to deliver!).
All is not well in sonar Dungla.