PM failed to accept nation’s fitness challenge
In a country like India which has stark contrasts in standards of people’s lives, fitness is deemed rather ostentatious. Yoga and spirituality are up for sale much like fitness equipment in the market. Fake babas and swamijis are much celebrated too. They are not only setting up massive business establishments, but are also making money out of the talks they deliver on psychological and physical health. With more than 50% of people suffering from malnourishment, fitness is a misnomer. Our Prime Minister Modi is busy playing the fitness game while people at the lower strata are suffering from lack of hygienic food, safe drinking water and access to health and education. Initially he posed for pictures under Swacch Bharat campaign. But after spending a few thousand crores to clean it up, he has gone totally quiet about it. All the money, a few thousand crores of rupees has gone down in the drain. The government has remained unaccounted on people’s money. Lives of paurakarmikas, cleaners and janitors has remained the same. Devotees and industrialists have been polluting the much adored river Ganga. The government feigns helplessness.
Now at such momentous times, Modi is busy playing the fitness game. He has been challenging others also to participate in this, by tagging them on his social media. Having turned foreign countries as his mainstay except for the times when any state would be preparing for elections, he is a classic example of a person who has lost his track. This fitness game seems like a small time preparation to 2019 elections. When he tagged Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy, the latter has said he is more concerned about the fitness of the state equally or over his own physical fitness. He even sought the cooperation of Modiji in this regard, conveying to him that he need not be taught a lesson or two in fitness which is not even his priority. He has in fact indirectly advised the PM to pay attention to the nation’s fitness.
This country’s fitness and Narendra Modi’s personal fantasy of fitness are not interconnected at all. A global report has challenged about the overall fitness of the youth of this nation. Instead of accepting that challenge, Modi has taken refuge in social media.
The recently published Global Poverty Index has shown India has slipped two more positions below. This means increasingly the country is going hungry. India has gone further down from 97th position to 100th one now. This would also mean India is in much worse condition compared to Nepal, Bangla etc. India was in 57thposition among 119 countries that had participated to understand their global hunger index in 2013. By 2016 India had reached 92 and now the country is at 100th position. According to Wealth Hunger Life organization Director “self sufficiency of food is also getting affected. The economic policies made by the current govt are responsible for this. This has had a direct impact on food nutrition and security” she had said. And her anticipation has a lot of truth in it. Anaemia is the biggest menace India is facing which is contributing to maternal mortality and poor health of new borns.
Hunger leaves an indelible mark on the lives of young men. Children who grow being subject to malnutrition can never accept such fitness challenge. Hunger, ill-health and illiteracy are interconnected. Hunger has a direct link to resurfacing of TB in this nation. Things have reached really difficult phase after demonentisation. People are losing jobs in small cities and semi-urban areas and new jobs are hard to come by in agrarian and small industries sector. Migrant labourers are returning to their villages owing to no jobs in the city. Modi’s economic understanding has excluded the poor from its focal area, hence this field has very limited allowance set aside for it. With this, how can the country take fitness challenge? Hence, Modi should stop spending resources on social media presence and listen to the WHO report and guidelines to eradicate the poverty totally.
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London, Nov 22: A bomb disposal squad deployed as a “precaution” to the South Terminal of Gatwick Airport concluded an investigation into a "security incident" on Friday after making a “suspect package” safe.
The South Terminal of Gatwick Airport, the UK's second busiest airport after Heathrow, which was briefly shut owing to the incident reopened following the incident.
The Gatwick is around 45 km south of London.
Two people detained during the enquiries have since been allowed to continue their journey as the airport was opened.
“Police have concluded their investigation into a report of a suspect package at Gatwick Airport. Officers from the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team made the package safe, and the airport has been handed back to its operator,” Sussex Police said in an updated statement.
“Two people detained while enquiries were ongoing have subsequently been allowed to continue their journeys. There will remain an increased police presence in the area to assist with passengers accessing the South Terminal for onward travel,” the statement added.
Earlier on Friday, the incident caused severe disruption at the busy airport’s South Terminal, while the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport remained unaffected.
“Police were called to the South Terminal at Gatwick Airport at 8.20 am on Friday (November 22) following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage,” a Sussex Police statement said.
“To ensure the safety of the public, staff and other airport users, a security cordon has been put in place whilst the matter is dealt with. As a precaution, an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team is being deployed to the airport. This is causing significant disruption and some roads around the South Terminal have been closed. We’d advise the public to avoid the area where possible,” it said.
Footage on social media taken outside the airport showed crowds of frustrated travellers being moved away from the terminal building.
Gatwick said it was working hard to resolve the issue.
“A large part of the South Terminal has been evacuated as a precaution while we continue to investigate a security incident," the airport said in a social media post.
“Passengers will not be able to enter the South Terminal while this is ongoing. The safety and security of our passengers and staff remain our top priority. We are working hard to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.”
Train and bus services that serve the airport were also impacted while the police carried out their inquiries.
In an unrelated incident in south London on Friday morning, the US Embassy area in Nine Elms by the River Thames was the scene of a controlled explosion by Scotland Yard dealing with what they believe may have been a “hoax device”.
“We can confirm the 'loud bang' reported in the area a short time ago was a controlled explosion carried out by officers,” the Metropolitan Police said in a post on X.
“Initial indications are that the item was a hoax device. An investigation will now follow. Some cordons will remain in place for the time being but the majority of the police response will now be stood down,” it added.
