POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR INTROSPECTION ON CORRUPTION
Vigilance Awareness Week-2013
begins in Dredging Corporation
Visakhapatnam, October 28: While speaking at the
inaugural function of Vigilance Awareness Week-2013 held by Dredging
Corporation of India Limited (DCI), this morning, the Police Commissioner,
Visakhapatnam, Mr. B. Shivadhar Reddy, IPS has called for a moral introspection
among political and administrative leaders on more effective ways of containing
pervasive corruption in society. Even
while the laws on various forms of corrupt practices are multiplying, the range
of problems are widening. Unless and until the collusion among major players like politicians,
bureaucrats and traders is broken, there will be no dent in efforts on the anticorruption
front. He expressed the view that the
problem of selfish gain at the cost of community was endemic in human society
since ancient days. Effective mechanisms and moral suasion have not been found
adequate. Unless there is a reformation in the individual on the issue of
ethics, social and economic advancement will remain a mirage. There is no doubt
that administrative measures like leveraging of technology has had some impact
on reduction of corruption. And yet more
qualitative measures are required for neutralizing the evil effects of
corruption in all walks of life today. He expressed the need for all anti-corruption
agencies at state level and Central Vigilance Commission to coordinate their
activities more closely.
Capt. D.K. Mohanty, Chairman and Managing Director,
DCI in his address to employees of DCI has
emphasized the need for looking at vigilance in a broader perspective and not
merely in punitive terms. Where people
remain alert and active, the scope for irregularities becomes minimal. Inadequate and improper response to a crisis
situation happens when people do not remain vigilant. Quoting the difference in response of
administrative machinery to super cyclones of 1999 and 2013 in Odisha, he
underlined the need for detailed home work in logistics to be done in
advance. He administered the vigilance
pledge to members.
Mr. S. Vasudeva Rao, IPS, Chief Vigilance Officer,
DCI in his welcome address referred to the positive role that can be played by
the vigilance through a promotion of
good governance practices. Mr. Rao
stated that internal audit mechanisms have to be strengthened in corporate
sector so that systemic issues can be addressed in the preliminary stages of
their occurrence. Elaborating on the
political and managerial dimensions of accountability, he expressed that these
require to be properly blended with concern
for citizens and ethical imperatives. As
in Australia, we need to consider enactment of a law on performance and accountability of public
executives. Dr. P.K. Sethi, HOD (FS) introduced the chief guest to the members.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. T. Prasada Rao, HOD (HR) to the chair.
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