Product Jungle: The story of a falling pot

"fine" system is needed to instil discipline among those residents who don't bother about others, we all agree that it is mere common sense that we should not keep any loosely held objects at the edge of the balcony from where it is likely to fall and either injure or kill people, but still people don't bother, so the only way to deter these people is to impose heavy fine and then make use of this money for some other better use.

In countries like Singapore where more than 80% of the population stays in high rise flats and there were incidents of falling pots killing people, the government imposed strict penalty and also to the extent of taking back the house from them, with these strict methods people don't dare to repeat such things.

Going to court or asking people to walk away from balcony is not going to eliminate the problem, if people wants to continue leave with potential dangers than these methods are good, but we should Eliminate potential hazards associated with falling objects, and not implement or feel sorry for not implementing when someone close to us becomes victims of those irresponsible persons.

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On 18 Oct, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Shibu S Girija <gshibu@in.ibm.com> wrote:

Absolutely agree, fine doesn't make sense. But with couple of cases of fine, people might at least think not to keep flower pots on their balcony walls! And that is how it is done in other housing societies too!
But what other option we can offer, other than hoping people will be more responsible and children will adhere to our "communication".

Another point is, who ever is getting injured (falling pots etc) can file a criminal case against the offenders, under "attempted murder" section! That will be a nice "case" to boast around for Suncity too!

From: Ratnesh Nagori <ratnesh.nagori@gmail.com>
To: Saiju PV <pvsaiju@gmail.com>,
Cc: Satya Mitra <satya.mitra@gmail.com>, Vinita Kaul <sheali_cool@yahoo.com>, amarkant singh <amarhere007@gmail.com>, Sunil Nair <sunny_k@hotmail.com>, suncity_association@yahoogroups.com, suncity_classifieds@yahoogroups.com
Date: 10/17/2012 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [SunCity_Association] Re: [suncity_classifieds] FW: [Suncity Apartments]Please READ....It is important...it is very Dangerous
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Charging fine is not solution for every day to day activity which is wrong. Everyone has repeated the same mistake after being fined, whether traffic rules or school etc.

Its our own responsibility to take precaution for such acts. Life is precious, even charging huge fine cannot bring it back.

Each resident should take care of pots in there balconies. Its common sense which guide us where to put them so that they do not fall.

Pedestrians should also walk a bit far from balconies limits and same should be communicated, to kids too.

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Saiju PV <pvsaiju@gmail.com> wrote:

Well said…… Who is the headmaster ……………..Who is the principle ………………… And we get death penalty for so many crimes….. So what is it in suncity …………. Do we have a jail in suncity ??????????

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-Saiju

From: Satya Mitra [mailto:satya.mitra@gmail.com]
Sent: 17 October 2012 21:27
To: Saiju PV
Cc: Vinita Kaul; amarkant singh; Sunil Nair; suncity_association@yahoogroups.com; suncity_classifieds@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SunCity_Association] Re: [suncity_classifieds] FW: [Suncity Apartments]Please READ....It is important...it is very Dangerous

Don't you pay fine for each and every traffic violation, non payment of taxes, school fees, insurance fees, list goes on! Do you have an alternative method of making people comply? 'if so please let us know.

When people act like school kids then they would be treated like school kids.

Regards,

Satya

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Saiju PV <pvsaiju@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
Are we in a penalty Raj ??

If we do not pay maintenance fees there is fine
If we put flower pot there is fine
If we do not put waste properly there is fine

Other things we can think about fine are

If people walk on the road (not walking on foot path) , we can impose fine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If people switch on their light after 9 PM we can impose fine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If they honk inside suncity we can impose fine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If they party inside suncity, impose fine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We can think about lot of other things to fine people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there no other better method other than fine ??? Really sick of this fine funda

Are we school kids ????????????????

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-Regards
-Saiju

From: SunCity_Association@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SunCity_Association@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vinita Kaul
Sent: 17 October 2012 18:31
To: amarkant singh; Sunil Nair
Cc: suncity_association@yahoogroups.com; suncity_classifieds@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SunCity_Association] Re: [suncity_classifieds] FW: [Suncity Apartments]Please READ....It is important...it is very Dangerous

YES THERE SHIOULD BE FINE IMPOSED TO THE RESIDENT WHO KEEPS HIS/ HER FLOWER POTS IN THE BALCONY AS IT CAN BE FATAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suggest that the Block Leader/ Representative of the respective blocks should ensure that none of the residents are keeping flower pots in their balconies and anyone caught doing so should be highly penalised.

SOA can take Action for the blocks which are controlled by them and rest of the blocks which are still under CLPD should be checked by the block leader/ representative.

I belong to block 5 and we would be talking to our residents not to place the flower pots in their balconies, we will also put notices and if it is still repeated we will penalise the residents.

Thanks,
Vinita
Secretary for block 5

From: amarkant singh <amarhere007@gmail.com>
To: Sunil Nair <sunny_k@hotmail.com>
Cc: suncity_association@yahoogroups.com; suncity_classifieds@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [suncity_classifieds] FW: [Suncity Apartments]Please READ....It is important...it is very Dangerous

NO ONE should be allowed to keep flower pots or anything dangerous on balconies which may fall. And this should be implemented immediately or heavy fines should be imposed. Proper communication in this regard must be made to the residents.
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Sunil Nair <sunny_k@hotmail.com&