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Corrupt practices by builders, not just in India but across the world has resulted in 83 per cent of deaths in disasters like earthquakes because of building collapses. Vice chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) M Shashidhar Reddy said while inaugurating a three day international conference on "Post Earthquake Reconstruction: Lessons Learnt and Way forward,"...
Chief minister Narendra Modi ...said all segments of society needed to be trained as far as disasters were concerned.
Originally posted by soficrow
Does this mean only 17% of disaster deaths are "natural"? ...If 83% are caused by corrupt builders?
I'm thinking bridge collapses, and skywalks falling now. The title is a bit misleading because the text does say something about buildings collapsing in earthquakes.
Look Mao, No Earthquake needed!
" Four lorry drivers are lucky to be alive today after they survived this road collapse. Their trucks plunged to the ground and overturned when an overpass ramp collapsed in Shangyu, in east China's Zhejiang Province, on Monday. The slip road fell 23 feet at about 3am in the morning, as the drivers switched from a local motorway to a national highway. "
But. When it comes to nuclear reactors sitting on top of earthquake fault lines, there is NO room for corruption or greed or human error. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Which is unfortunate because all big business, including the nuclear industry, runs on greed and on the backs of overworked underpaid humans who tend to err.
Mother Nature proved it. No one had predicted the 9.0 magnitude earthquake, 10 times greater than geological estimates. The tsunami exceeded estimates as well. Could East meet West? Could we in California be looking in the mirror at a Japanese disaster serving as a premonition for what awaits us? Diablo (Devil’s) Canyon is also built near three fault systems. And like Fukushima, there is a calm before the storm....
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by soficrow
if a nuclear reactor is sitting on a fault line that is sheer stupidity.
that is asking for disaster
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by soficrow
yes but it depends on which way you define corruption
corruption:
dishonest or illegal behavior by officials or people in positions of power, especially when they accept money in exchange for doing things for someone
The bank was closed down amid allegations of corruption and fraud.
the arrest of a number of officials on corruption charges
its always been about the most influential generating income for those people they want. ...government kick backs on the local state and federal levels.
i mentioned unions because of their involvement that doubles and triples and quadruples any given projects price.
and when it comes to any road or any airport or any nuclear reactor union built.
just say feel free to dismiss unions tho.
..Do you really think it would be better if the guys building these things were overworked, underpaid and hungry too?
The system itself is based on greed
you free to just hate on all those greedy profiters but then agian no profit no jobs.
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by soficrow
your definition is the most accurate one there is not one inftrastructure project that has been built in this country
that some elite wanted.
Its never been about the right place its always been about the most influential generating income for those people they want.
government kick backs on the local state and federal levels.
i mentioned unions because of their involvement that doubles and triples and quadruples any given projects price.
and when it comes to any road or any airport or any nuclear reactor union built.
just say feel free to dismiss unions tho.edit on 14-4-2011 by neo96 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
...have you never heard of the boston big dig project?
The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S.[2] Although the project was estimated in 1985 at $2.8 billion (in 1982 dollars, US$6.0 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2006),[3] over $14.6 billion ($8.08 billion in 1982 dollars)[3] had been spent in federal and state tax dollars as of 2006.[4] A July 17, 2008 article in The Boston Globe stated, "In all, the project will cost an additional $7 billion in interest, bringing the total to a staggering $22 billion, according to a Globe review of hundreds of pages of state documents. It will not be paid off until 2038."[5] At the beginning of the project, Congressman Barney Frank joked, "Wouldn't it be cheaper to raise the city than depress the artery?"[6] The project has incurred criminal arrests,[7][8] escalating costs, death, leaks, and charges of poor execution and use of substandard materials. Former Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly demanded that contractors refund taxpayers $108 million for "shoddy work".[9] On January 23, 2008, it was reported that Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the consortium that oversaw the project, would pay $407 million in restitution for its poor oversight of subcontractors (some of whom committed outright fraud), as well as primary responsibility in the death of a motorist. However, despite admitting to poor oversight and negligence as part of the settlement,[10] the firm is not barred from bidding for future government contracts. Several smaller companies agreed to pay a combined sum of approximately $51 million.