VIP Security :: Saving life or taking life

A FB post shared by my friend Srikanth K left me baffled today. Lemme quote the same :

"It's a pity when the cop's give way for the bloody politicians rather than giving way and clearing the signal for an ambulance .

This happened yesterday evening between Rajbhavan road and Golf course stretch when an ambulance was stuck in the traffic for almost 45 mins , and the cop on duty was busy clearing the traffi

c for some idiotic politician against the wails and cries of the woman in the ambulance who pleaded others to give way so that her beloved can be treated on time .
The cop's blatant reply was " WAIT MAADI , MINISTER BARTHAAIDARE ( HOLD ON THE MINISTER IS ARRIVING ) " Aren't we supposed to give way to an ambulance irrespective of who is coming or not ?? Is there no humanitarian support around to help the ones in need ??
Don't the politicians have a life too ??? Getting all the privileges doesn't mean that they can travel in luxury , for once they need to travel amongst the common man to see how it is in reality rather than painting a nice pic .

Ashamed to be a bangalorean for once !!!! # I feel this every time :@".

This was the reason which let me into a shock. The VIP culture in India is now a days becoming more and more a status icon. I agree that the security cover which is provided to all the VIP's is acceptable and is necessary. But it should not be done at the cost of others life. 

I would like recollect a recent such incident. It was when the congress president Ms. Sonia Gandhi made a visit to the low profile city of Mangalore. I had come out to the city and I had no idea about such a event that day. Just walking down the usual busy street near Bharath Mall, I was taken aback. What I noticed is that there was not a single vehicle moving on the road. Pedestrians were not even allowed to cross the street. And this went on for atleast half an hour. The funniest part was there was pin drop silence, reminding me of my school days where we had to stand in assembly shutting the mouth for no reason. What came later was a series of patrolling cars doing nothing. Local policemen sitting in and chewing chana/kadlekai. Is this what the patrolling car supposed to do? Next comes a series of such vehicles. Time ticks by and there is no sign of the VIP. I was wondering what a common man is supposed to do? There may be people for whom that half an hour could be a question of life and death. 

As far as the ambulances are concerned, that was a pathetic attitude on the part of the traffic police. A similar incident happened with the PM's convoy a year back or two. Someone lost his life as he couldn't reach hospital in time. Heartening fact indeed. These security covers are essential but there should also be a relaxation for the emergencies. It is not the VIP's whom are to be blamed. But the traffic policemen who handle such traffic diversions/pauses need to check upon. It is all together another debate on whether all the elected representatives or politicians need to be given such security. However, the ministry of home is cutting out these Z and Z+ security from many people. After all there is a lot of money and manpower which is involved.