Search failure resented

Itanagar: A wave of strong resentment grips the civil society in Arunachal Pradesh as the helicopter with Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others still remained untraced for the fourth day on Tuesday.
Local people, including pressure groups, started questioning the “sincerity” of the Central Government and the “effectiveness” of its machineries in locating the chopper.
“The Central authorities are just maintaining that bad weather was hampering search and rescue operations, citing that the terrain is rugged and inaccessible. Everybody knows it well that the terrain is rough and mountainous and it rains heavily most of the time, but is that an excuse on the Government of India’s part?
“Bad weather and difficult topography can not be the lame excuse on the part of Central Government. Is not it a failure of Indian technology to trace out the democratically elected Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?” asked Bamang Tago, the chairman of Arunachal Citizens Rights (ACR), adding: “What would the Government of India do if any outside enemy and even China, which stakes oft-repeated claims on Arunachal territory, invades in this strategically located frontier state.”
“If India is not capable of tracing the helicopter, they should not hesitate to take help from other countries, including China, so that we could get technological support from them in locating the missing chopper and the Chief Minister,” remarked the ACR chairman.
03/05/11 The Assam Tribune

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