Mumbai, Nov. 29 : An official of the Mumbai Disaster Control Office on Saturday confirmed that the death toll in the terrorist strikes has risen to 195. He also said that the number of injured is presently pegged at 295.
Revealing the statistics, Shantaram Jadhav was quoted by an agency as saying:"The death toll is likely to rise because there are still bodies in our vans that are being brought into hospitals."
His comment came as commandos of the National Security Guard (NSG) were continuing with their mopping up and sanitising operations at the beseiged Taj Mahal Hotel after killing the four terrorists.
Exactly a week after the 60 hour terror strikes, Mumbai is back on track. Still on its way to recovery, “Mumbai never stops for this long”. Numerous protests are raging in every corner of the country, some against the politicians and some against the terrorism.
And amid all this, their looms a huge question mark over the body count at the Taj. A couple of hours after the aftermath ended there, the national media claimed that it has received the estimated body count but were not revealing till the official confirmation was done. This was keeping in mind the sentiments of the people who where still, hoping against all hopes, searching for their loved ones who have been victimized by unprecedented terror strikes.
The media kept speculating about the lapse of time as the official confirmation wasn’t coming. The media even speculated about the toll being as high as about the double of what the government officials had by then revealed.
Yet none did reveal the exact number of causalities there, nor came the official word on the same.
Non official sources claim the body count to be 99 alone inside Taj on the evening of 29th, when the sanitization process was still underway. NSG chief said the body count couldn’t be revealed because the hotel was yet to be searched room by room. Every other official echoed the same comment when questioned on it.
November 30th, the Taj handed over to the management by the NSG, yet no one reveals the total number of causalities. Now it has been closed down for a year. A year, they say, is the anticipated amount of time required to rebuild the Taj.
The question is if keeping the public updated on the status of the attacks and rescue operations via LIVE coverage was the so called duty of media then why isn’t the media fulfilling its duty by updating the people about the exact number of causalities? Why is media now only focusing on the dirty politics being played? Why is the public being kept unaware of the total devastation caused by the militants? When will the figures be confirmed? And by whom?
Revealing the statistics, Shantaram Jadhav was quoted by an agency as saying:"The death toll is likely to rise because there are still bodies in our vans that are being brought into hospitals."
His comment came as commandos of the National Security Guard (NSG) were continuing with their mopping up and sanitising operations at the beseiged Taj Mahal Hotel after killing the four terrorists.
Exactly a week after the 60 hour terror strikes, Mumbai is back on track. Still on its way to recovery, “Mumbai never stops for this long”. Numerous protests are raging in every corner of the country, some against the politicians and some against the terrorism.
And amid all this, their looms a huge question mark over the body count at the Taj. A couple of hours after the aftermath ended there, the national media claimed that it has received the estimated body count but were not revealing till the official confirmation was done. This was keeping in mind the sentiments of the people who where still, hoping against all hopes, searching for their loved ones who have been victimized by unprecedented terror strikes.
The media kept speculating about the lapse of time as the official confirmation wasn’t coming. The media even speculated about the toll being as high as about the double of what the government officials had by then revealed.
Yet none did reveal the exact number of causalities there, nor came the official word on the same.
Non official sources claim the body count to be 99 alone inside Taj on the evening of 29th, when the sanitization process was still underway. NSG chief said the body count couldn’t be revealed because the hotel was yet to be searched room by room. Every other official echoed the same comment when questioned on it.
November 30th, the Taj handed over to the management by the NSG, yet no one reveals the total number of causalities. Now it has been closed down for a year. A year, they say, is the anticipated amount of time required to rebuild the Taj.
The question is if keeping the public updated on the status of the attacks and rescue operations via LIVE coverage was the so called duty of media then why isn’t the media fulfilling its duty by updating the people about the exact number of causalities? Why is media now only focusing on the dirty politics being played? Why is the public being kept unaware of the total devastation caused by the militants? When will the figures be confirmed? And by whom?
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