Bad Investment (standard:non fiction, 644 words)
Author: Juggernaut	Added: Mar 29 2013	Views/Reads: 2476/1699	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
In a country like India, the money spent in millions on courses to prepare for entry tests into professional schools is better spent elsewhere like improving the badly needed infra-stucture.

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not flow into city waste water or sewage treatment plants instead it 

flows into small ponds to dry up in hot weather leaving highly 

contaminated residue to rot openly. Every street corner is a garbage 

dump site; people and vehicles either travel on or around the garbage 

heaps. None of the educated folks ask “Where the hell the raw sewer is 

flowing into?”  I don't get it. 

Step outside the house only to breath toxic air full of 

emissions from vehicles and factory chimneys. The smog is so thick at 

road level as if toxic cloud descended from the sky above as if the 

hell broke loose. Smoke from the open air burning of trash adds to the 

misery. Wearing simple dusk masks do no good in such a toxic 

environment. 

The power supply at homes is spotty at best with constant power 

cuts every day. The country has chronic power shortage.  Huge diesel 

power generators without high stacks at commercial buildings release 

emissions like crazy onto the streets. The parents shall spend their 

hard earned money on installing solar panels on their homes.  The money 

spent for scoring good rankings is better spent at home on the roof 

The college owners are the beneficiaries in the whole scheme. 

Over compensated teaching instructors were like drill masters repeating 

the drill in the classroom again and again. I don't get it. Give me a 

break. 


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