Who will ask Bhalodia, who will put the Billionaire clock maker and Modi Fan in jail?
Two business man, probably a father-son duo, both Bhalodia, Jaysukhbhai Bhalodia and Chintan Bhalodia names turn up.
They are large and popular Ajanta Wall clock maker and recently created Oreva Company to market Made in china, CFL lights. And they are a huge campaign contributor of BJP. Before popularity of Air-conditioning, they made ceiling fans and solar calculator, with the brand name Orpat.
They were well looked up by BJP also, getting large and I mean huge lands of agriculture and converted them into industrial land and now trying to reconvert them into housing projects.
Now as part of Modi's plan to give away all historic landmarks to private operators to make quick bucks, as they did to Red fort in Delhi, they did this scam in Morbi , Gujarat. They scam is instead of "Repair or Restoration" projects, tenders are floated for "Renovation and Maintenance ".
Now "Jhulto Pul" or Hanging bridge had no such huge historical significance, initially built to allow "Rulers of Morvee Princely State" to cross Machchu River to visit temples on the other side of palace.
So they used the other feature of the Bridge is that it sways in high wind and Ajanta/Oreva sold tickets to the bridge as if it will always sway and swing. There are few video of people trying desperately to sway the bridge.
What a cheap price for a human life, Rs. 17 for adults, 5 for children. That's what Oreva Company earned by selling tickets to Bridge, not to cross the river but to sway with the bridge.
Morbi is no stranger to massive Disasters, young people may not know, thousands had died in 1979 when Machchu river dam collapsed and villages like leelapur were wiped out. But that was due to heavy rain, a natural disaster. That was not due to greed . Even when Dam collapsed in 1979, Morbi Bridge did not collapse.
I am always critical of Indian Media and rightfully so, but NDTV must be commended for reaching to the office of Oreva and Ajanta. And they also reached to Hospital to talk to the survivors And got the "Bridge Ticket" scam out.
No Media person can get Chintan Bhalodia's comment on Morbi Bridge Collapse, perhaps he stays Overseas now.
ReplyDeleteOn NRI day, such scamsters will return from overseas and preach patriotism to people who stay in India, all year long.
Meanwhile, Godi Media says 9 people from Oreva were arrested. They include security guards and other lowly ranked employees.
Big fish are still swimming in Dark waters.