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The Indian Express Tags : Daniel Ellsberg, US defence documents, Pentagon papers, Satyendra Dubey Posted: Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 at 0315 hrs

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That Pandey died while blowing the whistle on murky road contracts makes it all the more poignant. Improving India’s creaky infrastructure is the new Central government’s priority area. But pouring money into roads risks bloating the very elements who killed Pandey, and makes people like him all the more critical. It is hoped that the lessons of his tragic death are heeded.

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is there any one in Government hearing all this news?By: Ramaswamy.A | 24-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward Quite sad. When we cannot do much about 26/11 what to talk of one whistle blower becoming another statistics? Will the incumbant government ever think? As a nation when will we look at the quality of our growth? quantity will follow as a natural consequence. Else all that we earn as progress will be up in smoke sooner than later. This too is a natural law.

public will take careBy: Singh RK | 24-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward it is really sorry state of affair,which is promoting corruption,I faced similar situation for raising corruption at MOIL CPSU,was harassed accused promoted.now only god can save

RetributionBy: Ashutosh Malik | 24-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward How does one ensure retribution - legal one of course? Can the system move fast enough? There is no dearth of Yogendra's in this world but the anger will start boiling at some point of time. Just like that of the CRPF jawan who was injured in the recent blast in Dantewada and was saying that if circumstances would have been different, they would have finished off the naxalites - he was angry - if the state doesn't work fast enough this anger will be dangerous!

Be Outraged: Protecting Whistle BlowersBy: V S Gurumani | 24-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward Yogendra Pandey's death highlights the power contractors and vendors wield in India. We are in the grip of a powerful tide towards oligarchy of the Russian-type, in which these people will be a state within a state. Instead of debating and fiddling with new laws, the government--both at the centre and the state--should perform its work with integrity, completely adhering to already laid down norms. The integrity of a system cannot depend on whistle blowers. The PM has not shown spine in dealing with folks who want to hijack the system--witness the capitulation before the DMK family clan. Soft options of doing nothing are likely to be exercised over this government's term and artificial feel good will be created by having inane interviews about GDP growth, liberalization, disinvestment and the like. Real, core issues will be given the go-by as the media does not want to get into details by a sustained campaign for better governance. Please address this by creating a media coalition

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