Bhopal Tragedy

The judgement by the court on the Bhopal Gas tragedy has sparked an uproar over pinning the accountability for Mr. Warren's getaway. So far this seems to be leading to a witch hunt.
Where many names have cropped up, not one single person has been asked to come clean on the 'escape' of Anderson. The media is having field days in trying to showcase the event as 'breaking news'. Photographs of little toddlers affected by the tragedy are being put up as themes by news channels and as a sign of protest by protestors.
But, why all this after 27 years?? Did we require a rocket scientist to conclude that Warren Anderson and his company are guilty of the mass leakage? Why was the matter not persued year after year in a proper manner? What would have happened if there was a similar case between now and then?
The point I am trying to make is why should we be in a reactive frame of mind instead of being in a proactive one. We tend to be in a state of 'active hibernate', waiting for that moment which will make us get out of our hibernating state. The press could have persued this matter since a long time. It has proven to be a very effective tool in the past to bring culprits to justice. Similarly, our Government should have not allowed such a grave matter to be forgotten by the culprits.
Overall, we should be looking at ways to plug holes where people like Anderson alongwith their companies are not allowed to be lax about maintaining basic compliance with our laws. The laws themselves should be contemporary and our leadership should be cognizant of the times we live in so that law making reflects all impact analysis scenarios that are possible in all fields.
That being said, our GOM has already taken the right steps in ensuring such hazards are not repeated. We can take heart in the fact that the law minister has promised such an event will never take place again.

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