Amitava Saha  dated 15\10\2010.

Today is Maha Astami of DurgaPuja  2010.

This is the time that proffessionls be allowed to take the responsibility for doing good work for thecommon people and be held responsible for doing bad work.

Late Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy the former Chief Minister ofWest Bengal was Himself a genius and was a doctor.Doctors like we Engineers have in their syllabus planning administration etc.

Dr. Roy becoming the Chief Minister he could convince the Planning Commission and  Bengal got Salt Lake, Klyani, Durgapur.These are all decentralized planning and at that time Kolkata the capital of West Bengal as aresult did not become over populated.

Dr. Roy being a professional knew excees over burdening the capital is not a scientific process.

Amitava Saha  dated 17\10\2010.

Dr.Roy diverted the centre of attraction to different places like Salt Lake,Klyani,Durgapur and hence at that there was no overburdening of Kolkata.

This tendency was not maintained later on by other Chief Ministers and there was a rush for making Kolkata centre of all activity and we see people settling in and around Kolkata making the place asuper-dense populated place making life dangerous.

I said earlier that KarlMarx has said that it cannot be said to History that Sir forgive me we have made amistake. Knowingly or unknowingly if a mistake is created against History the incumbent has to suffer.We have made a mistake in centralizing the power in Kolkata and hence we see people all over West Bengal,like Gorkhas,Kamtapuris etc. asking for more power.

Engineers played apart in encouraging these sentiments.

I am aout spoken person and I speak for the welfare of the common people the result is that I have been four times transferred to North Bengal in my service tenure.This is arecord.Engineer-in-Chief should look into the matter and to put the record straight should place me in a good position in Kolkata.

Now I will tell what the engineers did to encourage this divisive forces in West Bengal. I said I was four times transferred to north Bengal. The idea started in the year 1999.

The engineers of north Bengal of PWD started canvassing for a separate Chief Engineer for north Bengal with head quartersat Jalpaiguri at north Bengal.

I remarked at that time that we engineers are the cream and intellectuals of the society and if engineers speak of division of West Bengal viz- a-viz PWD then other lower educated people will follow the same idea.

I was not listened to by the engineering society and it was seen most of the engineers either stayed their maximum tenure in north Bengal or south Bengal.It was seen only when the particular engineer to stay in the other part of Bengal for his [personal reason like education of child or family problems he took transfer tro the other side of Bengal.I who is out spoken have been four times been transferred to north bengal.

This virus of coming nearer to the centre of power has been spread to the lower ranks of the common people of West Bengal and hence we find claims for GorkhaLand,Kamtapuri etc.

I wrote before that intelligent people must be allowed to move upwards toppling the seniority but that was not adhered to in PWD and we find Mr.N.Dhar,Mr.B.Roy coming in power and government taking awrong policy.

I said before that Karl Marx if awrong is done against History it can only be rectified by self analysis and reversing the wrong process.We still find hospitals industrial hub all in EMByPass and New Town making Kolkata an unbearable place to live and whereas the north bengal is hankering for more power which cannot be given.

Time for give space to intelligent engineers at the top instead of getting me transferred to odd places for writing for the people.

Amitava Saha  dated 17\10\2010.

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