Two more fires, dozens more dead. This time, infants too. We have been here before — missing safety regulations and inspections, illegal construction, senseless city planning. Rajkot, Delhi deaths reveal the same old criminal negligence and incompetence. Start punishing violation of safety norms and stop living from one firefight to another.
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The focus of punishment should be on enforcer’s. Of course the violators need to be taken to task. The enforcers should not be dealt with kid gloves