Firoz.T.Totanawala The Bangalore Metro Reporter HOW ABOUT PRIVATISING GOVERNMENT?

FIROZ.T.TOTANAWALA  

THE BANGALORE METRO REPORTER

HOW ABOUT PRIVATISING GOVERNMENT? 

 Already the water supplies in many places have been privatized, the power supply is also undergoing privatization, and health services are privatized partly. The airport is privatized. The BWSSB was almost privatized but for the public protest. Infact the company which eyed the BWSSB, had engaged the services of a NGO Janagraha mould the public opinion for privatization of the BWSSB. The same is the case with KSRTC. It was also divided to form new companies. The registration dept was privatized by entrusting the registration works to private contractors. The Karnataka state tourist development’s many hotels and projects have already been privatized. The important works of revenue department too had been privatized. The KEB was divided into many corporations so that the corporation can be privatized in at a later stage. With the roads that is, rural roads too are going to privatized. What govt is running is liquor business and it is the monopoly because there is heavy money in it. 

The govt had kept the police, commercial tax, finance in it possession. Shobha karandlaje has announced that the Govt will privatize all the roads in rural areas and state highways. 

This is nothing but converting the roads in the state as toll roads. Why should one pay toll fee to use the roads? The govt collects road tax from the vehicle owners. It also collects a certain amount in percentage of surcharge towards infrastructure projects. After collecting all these taxes its govt duty to provide good roads without collecting any further charges. 

If privatization is logic, than why not privatize govt itself, and highly qualified, efficient & intelligent person can be made chief minister and other ministers. There is a limit to privatization. 

Of course, there are certain sets of rules and procedures, state govt cannot encroach on the rules, Sobha Karndlaje may be the powerful minister she cannot gift the rural roads to private contractors. Thousands of crores of tax money is paid and Govt must look after rural roads.