‘Corruption is anti-national’

Visakhapatnam: Speakers at a panel discussion on ‘Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating corruption’ jointly organised by Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Dredging Corporation of India and GITAM Institute of Management here on Wednesday observed that corruption is anti-national which could be curbed to a larger extent only with the active involvement of public.

In his observations, Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Service Tax and Customs C Rajendran stated that corruption takes place where the economic transactions are more. He said human values and ethics are more important rather than using laws on such unethical practices adding that every citizen in the country must have self-respect and self-realisation in eradicating the corruption. Chief Vigilance Officer of VPT and the DCI V V Satya Srinivas felt that the public must be more vigilant on corrupt practices in all sectors. He asked the younger generation to understand the adverse impact of corruption on the economic development of the country.

GITAM University Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof K Sivarama Krishna said that the utility of corruption is short-lived. University Environmental Science Prof N Srinivas said that corruption and environmental issues are relating to each other which may reflect in the environmental degradation in the form of over exploration of natural resources.

Director of GITAM School of Law Prof Yamala Satyanarayana felt that RTI Act is the best tool to eradicate corruption and to bring transparency in government departments. He stressed the importance of character building among student community to strengthen the democracy. Principal of GIATM Institute of Management Prof P Sheela presided over and the port staff under the direction of Rajendra Prasad staged skits on how to eradicate corruption on the occasion.