Statement : Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board following pollution of Patalganga river, caused by discharge of effluents from some chemical industries.
Courses of Action :
I. The industries responsible for discharging effluents into the river should be asked to close down immediately.
II. The river water should immediately be treated chemically before resuming supply.
III. The Pollution Control Board should check the nature of effluents being discharged into the river by industries at regular intervals.
Statement : Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board following pollution of Patalganga river, caused by discharge of effluents from some chemical industries.
Courses of Action :
I. The industries responsible for discharging effluents into the river should be asked to close down immediately.
II. The river water should immediately be treated chemically before resuming supply.
III. The Pollution Control Board should check the nature of effluents being discharged into the river by industries at regular intervals.
Statement : A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus.
Courses of Action :
I. The water of the ponds affected should immediately be treated for identifying the nature of the virus.
II. The catching of shrimps from the ponds should temporarily be stopped.
III. The fishermen should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.
Statement : A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus.
Courses of Action :
I. The water of the ponds affected should immediately be treated for identifying the nature of the virus.
II. The catching of shrimps from the ponds should temporarily be stopped.
III. The fishermen should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.
Statement : In the city, over 75 percent of the people are living in slums and sub-standard houses which is a reflection on the housing and urban development policies of the Government.
Courses of Action :
I. There should be a separate department looking after housing and urban development.
II. The policies in regard to urban housing should be reviewed.
III. The policies regarding rural housing should also be reviewed so that such problems could be avoided in rural areas.
Statement : In the city, over 75 percent of the people are living in slums and sub-standard houses which is a reflection on the housing and urban development policies of the Government.
Courses of Action :
I. There should be a separate department looking after housing and urban development.
II. The policies in regard to urban housing should be reviewed.
III. The policies regarding rural housing should also be reviewed so that such problems could be avoided in rural areas.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : Nuclear power cannot make a country secure.
Courses of Action :
I. We must stop further expenses on increasing our nuclear power.
II. We must destroy our nuclear capability.
III. We must concentrate on improving our diplomatic relations.
Statement : Nuclear power cannot make a country secure.
Courses of Action :
I. We must stop further expenses on increasing our nuclear power.
II. We must destroy our nuclear capability.
III. We must concentrate on improving our diplomatic relations.
Statement : Major part of the rabi crop in the district is damaged due to unseasonal heavy rains during the last few days.
Courses of Action :
I. The government should grant relief to the affected farmers to compensate their loss.
II. The government should provide free seed and fertilizer to the farmers for the kharif season.
III. The government should waive all the loans taken for the rabi crop by the affected farmers.
Statement : Major part of the rabi crop in the district is damaged due to unseasonal heavy rains during the last few days.
Courses of Action :
I. The government should grant relief to the affected farmers to compensate their loss.
II. The government should provide free seed and fertilizer to the farmers for the kharif season.
III. The government should waive all the loans taken for the rabi crop by the affected farmers.
Statement : Every year thousands of eligible students do not get admission in colleges both in urban and rural areas after passing their school leaving certificate examination.
Courses of Action :
I. More colleges should be set up in both urban and rural areas.
II. The number of schools in both urban and rural areas should be reduced.
III. More schools should offer vocational courses to equip students for taking up their vocation after completing their school education.
Statement : Every year thousands of eligible students do not get admission in colleges both in urban and rural areas after passing their school leaving certificate examination.
Courses of Action :
I. More colleges should be set up in both urban and rural areas.
II. The number of schools in both urban and rural areas should be reduced.
III. More schools should offer vocational courses to equip students for taking up their vocation after completing their school education.
Statement : It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the ensuing festival.
Courses of Action :
I. The civic authority should monitor the crowd and restrict entry of the people beyond a manageable number.
II. The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.
III. All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.
Statement : It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the ensuing festival.
Courses of Action :
I. The civic authority should monitor the crowd and restrict entry of the people beyond a manageable number.
II. The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.
III. All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.
Statement : The meteorological department has reported that a severe storm is likely to hit the city during the next forty-eight hours.
Courses of Action :
I. The administration should advise all the business and educational establishments to close down for two days.
II. The administration should not make the information public as it could create panic among the residents of the city.
III. The administration should activate its disaster management program to tackle any possible emergency situation.
Statement : The meteorological department has reported that a severe storm is likely to hit the city during the next forty-eight hours.
Courses of Action :
I. The administration should advise all the business and educational establishments to close down for two days.
II. The administration should not make the information public as it could create panic among the residents of the city.
III. The administration should activate its disaster management program to tackle any possible emergency situation.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : The exodus from villages to cities is detrimental to both.
Courses of Action :
I. Rural postings must be made mandatory.
II. There should be fewer trains linking cities to smaller places.
III. Employment generation scheme should be launched in rural areas.
Statement : The exodus from villages to cities is detrimental to both.
Courses of Action :
I. Rural postings must be made mandatory.
II. There should be fewer trains linking cities to smaller places.
III. Employment generation scheme should be launched in rural areas.
Statement : In one of the worst accidents in railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided on to a running train.
Courses of Action :
I. The train driver should immediately be suspended.
II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part.
III. The railway authority should be asked to man all its level crossings.
Statement : In one of the worst accidents in railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided on to a running train.
Courses of Action :
I. The train driver should immediately be suspended.
II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part.
III. The railway authority should be asked to man all its level crossings.
Statement : The vehicular traffic has increased so much in the recent past that it takes at least two hours to travel between the city and the airport during peak hours.
Courses of Action :
I. Non-airport bound vehicles should not be allowed to ply on the road connecting the city and the airport.
II. The load of vehicular traffic should be diverted through various link roads during peak hours.
III. The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated so as to .avoid congestion during peak hours.
Statement : The vehicular traffic has increased so much in the recent past that it takes at least two hours to travel between the city and the airport during peak hours.
Courses of Action :
I. Non-airport bound vehicles should not be allowed to ply on the road connecting the city and the airport.
II. The load of vehicular traffic should be diverted through various link roads during peak hours.
III. The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated so as to .avoid congestion during peak hours.
Statement : Residents from Model Colony coming under North Ward of City X have complained to the Ward Officer that for last three days the tap water in the ward is contaminated and no action is being initiated by municipal staff.
Courses of Action :
I. The Ward Officer of North Ward should initiate action against residents who have lodged complaints against municipal staff.
II. The Ward Officer should ask his junior officer to visit Model Colony to assess the actual condition of water with his staff and to get samples of water tested from laboratories.
III. The Ward Officer should ask Ward Engineer to check water installations and pipelines in the Model Colony area.
Statement : Residents from Model Colony coming under North Ward of City X have complained to the Ward Officer that for last three days the tap water in the ward is contaminated and no action is being initiated by municipal staff.
Courses of Action :
I. The Ward Officer of North Ward should initiate action against residents who have lodged complaints against municipal staff.
II. The Ward Officer should ask his junior officer to visit Model Colony to assess the actual condition of water with his staff and to get samples of water tested from laboratories.
III. The Ward Officer should ask Ward Engineer to check water installations and pipelines in the Model Colony area.
Statement : Large number of people have become critically ill after consuming spurious liquor from a local shop.
Courses of Action :
I. The Government should immediately close down all the shops selling liquor till the stocks are tested for presence of toxicity.
II. The owner of the liquor shop should be asked to leave the town and open a shop elsewhere.
III. The owner of the liquor shop should immediately be arrested and tried for criminal negligence.
Statement : Large number of people have become critically ill after consuming spurious liquor from a local shop.
Courses of Action :
I. The Government should immediately close down all the shops selling liquor till the stocks are tested for presence of toxicity.
II. The owner of the liquor shop should be asked to leave the town and open a shop elsewhere.
III. The owner of the liquor shop should immediately be arrested and tried for criminal negligence.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : According to the officials, paucity of funds with the organisation has led to the pathetic condition of this brilliant architectural structure.
Courses of Action :
I. Anew architectural structure for the building should be designed.
II. The reasons for the poor condition of the structure should be found out.
III. Grant should be given to improve the condition of the structure.
Statement : According to the officials, paucity of funds with the organisation has led to the pathetic condition of this brilliant architectural structure.
Courses of Action :
I. Anew architectural structure for the building should be designed.
II. The reasons for the poor condition of the structure should be found out.
III. Grant should be given to improve the condition of the structure.
Statement : People residing in some tribal areas are far from education.
Courses of Action :
I. Government should render all help to the NGOs to open schools there.
II. A mass awareness programme must be initiated in these areas.
III. Social workers should be entrusted with the job of educating them.
Statement : People residing in some tribal areas are far from education.
Courses of Action :
I. Government should render all help to the NGOs to open schools there.
II. A mass awareness programme must be initiated in these areas.
III. Social workers should be entrusted with the job of educating them.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Statement : The day time temperatures in this summer have been four to five degree Celsius above the normal temperature across the country.
Courses of Action :
I. All the district headquarters should be alerted to send prompt reports of death due to heat waves in their jurisdiction.
II. The Government machinery should be put on high alert and provided with necessary equipments to prevent any untoward incident.
III. The Government should make necessary arrangements to provide drinking water in all the areas affected due to extreme heat waves.
Statement : The day time temperatures in this summer have been four to five degree Celsius above the normal temperature across the country.
Courses of Action :
I. All the district headquarters should be alerted to send prompt reports of death due to heat waves in their jurisdiction.
II. The Government machinery should be put on high alert and provided with necessary equipments to prevent any untoward incident.
III. The Government should make necessary arrangements to provide drinking water in all the areas affected due to extreme heat waves.
Statement : There has been an unprecedented increase in use of malpractices by the students during various examinations held in the country this year.
Courses of Action :
I. All the concerned authorities conducting these examinations should immediately take effective measures to curb this menace.
II. All those students who are detected to have used unfair means should be debarred from appearing in any of these examinations for the next three years.
III. Using unfair means should immediately be made cognizable offence by passing necessary legislations.
Statement : There has been an unprecedented increase in use of malpractices by the students during various examinations held in the country this year.
Courses of Action :
I. All the concerned authorities conducting these examinations should immediately take effective measures to curb this menace.
II. All those students who are detected to have used unfair means should be debarred from appearing in any of these examinations for the next three years.
III. Using unfair means should immediately be made cognizable offence by passing necessary legislations.
Statement : The Management of School M has decided to give free breakfast from next academic year to all the students in its primary section through its canteen even though they will not get any government grant.
Courses of Action :
I. The school will have to admit many poor students who will seek admission for the next academic year.
II. The canteen facilities and utensils have to be checked and new purchases to be made to equip it properly.
III. Funds will have to be raised to support the scheme for years to come.
Statement : The Management of School M has decided to give free breakfast from next academic year to all the students in its primary section through its canteen even though they will not get any government grant.
Courses of Action :
I. The school will have to admit many poor students who will seek admission for the next academic year.
II. The canteen facilities and utensils have to be checked and new purchases to be made to equip it properly.
III. Funds will have to be raised to support the scheme for years to come.
Statement : There is a considerable increase in the number of persons affected by water-borne diseases during monsoon period.
Courses of Action :
I. The question should be raised in the Legislative Assembly.
II. The Government should disseminate adequate information regarding the pure drinking water to people.
III. All the hospitals in the city should be equipped properly for the treatment of patients during monsoon period.
Statement : There is a considerable increase in the number of persons affected by water-borne diseases during monsoon period.
Courses of Action :
I. The question should be raised in the Legislative Assembly.
II. The Government should disseminate adequate information regarding the pure drinking water to people.
III. All the hospitals in the city should be equipped properly for the treatment of patients during monsoon period.
