From the latest report received from the electronic media at 9 PM today (June 4, 2010), we came to know that the total number of deaths is 117 and the injured are above 200, many being seriously injured. It is a huge and unprecedented disaster caused mainly due to negligence of scientific rules and regulations. As shown in the broadcasting electronic media, there were huge chemicals in the ground floor of the building and also a defective step-down transformer. Now the common question is “How and why it happened”? The citizens of a democratic country have every right to ask the questions. Who is responsible for answering the questions? That’s also important.
The purpose of writing this article is not to blame any body but to raise the issue to the conscious citizens of the country and let them know how efficiently and effectively, this type of disasters could be avoided. At the age of science and technology we cannot move even one step without electricity and the chemicals are also important as our daily needs.
Electricity and chemicals are two scientific terms. Chemicals are visible in many forms and colors but electricity is not visible. Chemicals are the contents of Chemistry and electricity is the content of Physics. Chemistry and Physics are two science subjects taught in schools, colleges and universities. School students are given basic ideas. The advanced courses on the subjects are taught in higher classes. There are lacs of students and citizens in the country with basic and advanced knowledge in electricity generation and proper use of chemicals. Many with Ph.D degrees are helpless and they don’t have scopes to utilize their expertise in the national needs related to science and technology.
In teaching chemistry, the physical and chemical properties of the compounds are taught. When the chemicals are imported from foreign countries, the physical characteristics and properties are clearly written on the packet or on top of the boxes with some red warnings such as to keep away from fire – “Highly Flame-able”. Or keep them at temperature below thirty degree Celsius. The problems in the country are – who cares for the warnings or the rules and regulations? As per reports from different corners, chemicals business in the country has proved to be one of the easiest ways of making money in the shortest time. Because of its uncontrolled use in various ways such as acid throw, eye ointments, fish and fruits poisoning, the concerned people make money quickly selling their conscience. The citizens whatever be their background, may be a chemist or a university teacher have very little importance in the social activities. Regarding electricity supply, citizens know almost nothing till a disaster like this one happens in the Mahalla.
The recent killing of a brilliant student of BUET by a bus driver indicates ignorance of the whole nation. Most of the accidents occur due to lack of scientific awareness among the drivers and the people who cross the road. The transport vehicles like bus, truck, taxi, private cars etc. are the results or outputs of scientific and technological innovations. Various kind of scientific and electronic devices have so far been invented in the world. They are mostly used for making life comfortable and reliable.
Any transport vehicle, small or big in size carries an engine and other machines. The industries and factories also use different types of engines, machines and instruments. The main difference between the two categories is; one is mobile and the other is fixed. For operating any machine, the operators need a short or a long training depending on complexities and importance of the machines and engines. Driving a car, bus or truck is riskier than running any fixed machine. A driver needs to keep his eyes, legs and hands fully active and balanced. Accident may occur any time if an organ of the driver fails to work. As such a driver should have technical knowledge about the engine and other parts of the car at least on how it works. They must have basic education. Ignorance and negligence are the main reasons of most of the accidents that we observe everyday.
Unfortunately, there are hundreds of drivers in the city who are absolutely illiterate. It is a very surprising matter how they manage to get the licenses of killing the brilliant student of BUET? Thousands of young boys with basic knowledge of science in SSC and HSC are unemployed. Many of them are educated in the vocational schools in relevant subjects and they don’t know where to sell or utilize their skills or expertise in the country. Having no information to them of such scopes, a significant number of boys with SSC vocational certificates are sold in the local markets as slaves/labors but they do not get additional amounts for their academic knowledge in Chemistry, Physics, Electricity, Electronics, Civil Construction, Building maintenance, Textile engineering and many other trades. The following example will make things clear to everybody.
Rubel was cutting paddy as a purchased slave/labor in the remote village-Arpara of Gopalgonj district while other students of his class were enjoying for unique results of 100% success in the SSC vocational examinations at Khairunnessa.Memorial Vocational School at village–Ikrail of Alfadanga in Faridpur district. He has obtained “A-grade“ in textile engineering discipline but he got the message from one of his class mates through mobile correspondence at the end of the day after finishing his day’s works. He studied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and the trade subjects of textile engineering like the ones studying at famous schools in the capital city. This time 31 students appeared at the SSC vocational examinations in civil engineering, textile engineering and the building maintenance under the Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) held in March 2010 and all of them succeeded with excellent result, the minimum result being A.
As soon as his board examination was over, Rubel was sold in weekly Bhatiapara bazar as a labor/slave as usual. Every Friday, he is sold to different land lords in different areas of the country. This is normal for many students of the school (not included in MPO). In every vacation, they are sold for money and they earn some amount that supports their family and education costs. Like many others, Rubel does not know what he will do with this result. What future is waiting for him? He simply finds darkness all around. When he is sold in the market, he gets the same amount and no further consideration for his academic records with excellent result.
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