Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata on Thursday decried the government for not learning from the past and failing to put in place a crisis infrastructure that could be activated immediately after terror attacks in the city.
"We had a bomb blast some years ago. We should have learnt to get a crisis infrastructure in place that could snap to attention as soon as something happens," he told reporters outside Bombay House, headquarters of Tata companies.
"If we don't have this, we will be subjected to great misery. People have been killed who are absolutely innocent," he said.
Tata -- whose group property, the Taj Mahal Hotel was at the centre of terrorist attack -- said that the 'terrible wanton' attacks on innocent people and destruction of prominent landmarks in India deserve to be condemned.
"Guests who have been innocent have been killed. People have got killed in the hotel. People got killed on the road," Tata said.
Noted adman Suhel Seth, who was one of the guests at the Taj Mahal Hotel on Wednesday night, said, "The hotel management worked very efficiently to manage the crisis and text messaged the guests about the law and order problem that helped many to come out in time."
"It is a pity that the government has no crisis management mechanism and it looked like the callousness of a Third World county instead of the financial capital of India."
About the extent of the damage, Tata said he won't be able to comment until his staff is able to make an assessment.
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