A whiff of freshness envelops all of us as we enter the New Year. It is time for new dreams, new resolutions. Fine. But amid all this, we somehow tend to bypass some burning public issues. They get carried over from the past years, till they come back to haunt us again.
These public issues have simple solutions, if WE, the People of the State and City, decide to join hands and resolve them. Is it impossible to provide school buses to children whose travel to school is more of a nightmare than fun? Is it not possible to rectify the dangerous crossings that claim lives day after day? Or is it that difficult for the country and the state that takes pride in being a young nation to save students from short-circuiting their lives? Can’t we have an efficient ambulance service to rush dying patients to the hospitals? Can’t the road users know the simple way of giving way to an ambulance caught in traffic?
They all are doable as the society is full of Good Samaritans.
We at the Hindustan Times have decided to run a series ‘Agenda 2011’, an endeavour to serve the society as a whole. Especially writing for us are former president Dr Abdul Kalam, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and many other eminent personalities from the country and the state. We promise to follow the Agenda throughout the year, but we will need your cooperation to make it possible.
Write to saron@hindustantimes.com
Sunita Aron
Senior Resident Editor
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