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Our Macro Fixation

by Alif Zabr
I ^e state of the nation is | symbolised or reflected by the way our Dhaka metropolis is being governed, as it is visible, compared to the invisible working of the offices and agencies in other places. The foundation cannot be seen, but the fluttering flag of Indolence atop the tall structure is very much visible. It Is a red flag danger signal!
The macro problems have been voluntarily encouraged, although Inadvertently, due to mega failures as a result of indifferent administrative and management lapses. Things were allowed to drift in a slipshod manner (like floating kochuripana). and attention was drawn when the problems developed Into macro dimensions. We export galda prawn; why not octopus?
We have developed management deafness, and do not listen unless the noise level (of criticism
or protest) is very high. This management insensitivity at the higher policy and decision making levels disturb the facilitators, who. at that late stage, can only pay attention to specific and acute problems: for example, the mega problems of the mega city, publicised in a mega way. and ignored in the same high-handed manner.
This is the stage of ganjam (snafu) administration (remember Yahya Khan's Korangl project when all the ministers concentrated on one single project at the highest level of priority, leaving all other jobs pending?). With dishonest polices and orders, even the honest workers cannot produce results. We are concerned about the polluted environment in nature, but hardly bother about the pollution in administration. Now our drinking water is also polluted (arsenlcosls).
Emergency administration Is different from routine, noiseless administration. Working quietly takes time to learn, each one doing his part of the Job. to keep the system going. Rajuk and DCC come to mind, with their ad hoc and sporadic decisions and Instant cures, which do not last (go for the mosquito kill or its environment?). Is there a discipline called administrative ecology?
Another bug is political nepotism, which is misuse of power and Influence. Professional processing is discouraged In developing countries by the bosses above, and the priorities are changed suddenly and frequently by the powers that be. introducing chaos and frustration. Nothing can be predicted; and mayhem rules the day. Is there a method in the madness, or madness in system? What is the third
choice?
The public servicing sector is always under pressure, due to extraneous over-lording by the overlords. The politician-professional equation is warped, as the latter Is frequently not allowed to use his professional Judgement in public Interest. This abnormal stress pattern gets embedded into the system, overloading it into unstable equilibrium note how the DCC, Rajuk and PDBarerun.
We need mega leaders to solve the mega problems, but what we get arc mega egos bursting with self-righteousness. This syndrome is extended to the election time during the polls, creating the Justification for neutral, caretaker government'.
Perhaps we need made-to-measure mega leadership, naive to unholy proposals and suggestions. Or we go for Zen mysticism: try to clap with one hand.