How much can we depend on our police force or the authorities? Sneak preview from the Mumbai Blast

It was 7 PM yesterday. I had just reached home. I was very tired and just to relax myself I sat on the sofa and switched on the television. “7 Blasts in Mumbai” – news flashed everywhere. My eyes popped out. Video cam’s of the news paper reporters zoomed into the scenes. The bomb was planted inside a First Class compartment of the local train. The magnitude of the blast was huge. The boggy was completely ruined. River of blood was seen everywhere. People who were traveling in this train were thrown out. As that moment the number of causalities was not identified. People were in a panic state. Soon after the blast, passengers from the other boggy came out to see what had happened. In sometime people from the near by area also came there. They had called the police and also informed the railway authorities regarding the same. The people there were complaining that in spite of them informing the authorities and the police, no one turned up. They had to pick up the injured passengers and take them to a near by hospital. The sad part is no police/railway authority had turned up. After an hour, 2 police turned up. It’s also a shame that no new paper had covered or criticized this fact, regarding no help from the police and railway authorities. Before the close of day, 172 causalities were identified.

I hope the police force and the authorities in charge do become alert and hopefully be present there where they are needed the most.