Shortage of professors in GMC

Sir,
This has reference to the news item "Govt nod to re-employment of GMC professors." Published in D.E. dated July 13,2011.
The Government has issued instructions for re-employment of retired professors in both the Government medical colleges of the state in departments where there is shortage of these senior doctors. It may be a good step for the time being but it appears strange when the Government says that there is shortage of certain cadres in a Government department.
If there is shortage of professors or other senior doctors in a certain department, the doctors immediately below these ranks and waiting for their promotion should be got promoted through the proper selection procedure and likewise their juniors should be promoted in their ranks. There are more than 3000 doctors unemployed in the state. Some of them shall also get a chance to start their career as Government doctors. This is not the case with these twin medical colleges only, the Government has at times also pointed out the shortage of staff in revenue department, shortage of police officers and shortage of staff in some other departments also. Even the Central Government says that there is shortage of judges in the judiciary, shortage of IPS officers and also shortage of officers in the Indian army. If this is so, why the Government is not filling these vacancies by promotion process and fresh recruitment from the lacs of unemployed and qualified youth of the country.
There is no dearth of law graduates/advocates, qualified doctors, IPS and army officers aspirants in the country waiting for their turn. Only a suitable Government policy can solve this problem.

Yours etc....
D R Bhagat
Kunjwani, Jammu

Extinction of turtles

Sir,
Last week when I went to Mansar lake I hardly could find any turtle in the lake. It was really shocking. Earlier one could enjoy watching huge population of turtles swimming in the lake but now they have almost become extinct. Its really a matter of great concern. All of this is because of the various human activities that are carried on around the lake like-washing of clothes, bathing of animals and throwing of garbage in the lake etc. As a result of these activities the area around the lake which serves as the breeding ground for the turtles is getting polluted and is decreasing day by day thereby bringing the turtles on almost the verge of extinction.
It is, therefore, requested to the concerned authorities to check and stop the various human activities around the lake that are hampering the lives of water creatures in the lake.

Yours etc...
Priyanka Khajuria
on-email

Countering terror

Sir,
It is with growing dismay and apprehension that the country watched helplessly yet another terrorist attack, this time in Mumbai. It is felt that a major stumbling block in effectively countering the plethora of terrorist related challenges to our national security is the fact that we are grossly under-policed.
Further, the chasm between the police and the populace is only going to widen given our growth rate of population and the uncontrolled influx of citizens to our metros and other cities. However, in addition to various measures to correct the situation the powers that be also need to increase manifold the awareness of the citizens to the fact that how a little vigilance on their part can prevent terrorist from executing their dastardly acts.
In the days of electronic, print media proliferation a media blitz focused on terrorism, its manifestations and preventive measures employing our massive citizenry for intelligence inputs and early warning can provide our understaffed and overstretched security forces valuable support in anti terrorist operations. But for this to succeed it has to capture the imagination of the people and involve them akin to, the hugely successful TV serial 'INDIA'S MOST WANTED'. The common man has to be converted from a helpless target to a force multiplier.

Yours etc.....
Latha Ravi Nair,
Nagrota