Could
this National-level disaster have been avoided?
Jammu and Kashmir experienced
the worst floods in nearly six decades. There was quite a big toll in terms of
lives, property and crops. Had timely warnings
been issued and measures taken to let people take evasive action on time a big part of this tragedy could have been
avoided.
The question is why the use of systems to see such
disasters coming, with the aid of technology, including real-time upstream
monitoring mechanisms and space-based mapping processes, not made?
The pleasant news is that our Prime Minister Narendra
Modi made an aerial survey of the scene on the Indian side and termed it a
“national-level disaster”, while across the border, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
did an aerial assessment. Both were quick to offer mutual help to mitigate the
suffering. For the State government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, this
could be an opportunity to prove its mettle. It
is good to know that the National Disaster Response Force is active on the
scene, and the Army, the Navy and the Indian Air Force are at work.
Is it that the monitoring systems in our meteorological
department are either obsolete or have not been updated with regard to latest
technology available in this field? If
that is so, then there is urgent need to upgrade our monitoring systems of such
natural disasters overtaking the nation. It is a pity that we had not learnt a
lesson even after the Uttarakhand deluge.
Cyclone is a natural disaster not a manmade thing, but
the government needs to inform people to face this. After the flood it is the
duty of the government to provide all basic needs to affected people. We hope
both Central and State governments would provide all basic facilities to the
affected people.
It is necessary that state should be equipped with technology
so that likes of current situation can be avoided. Despite having
meteorological institution we are unable to escape catastrophe reflecting
randomness of environment. So it is pertinent that ecological concerns must be
addressed readily which is panacea for all the environmental crisis.
Rains will play havoc, rivers will be in spate and people
will suffer repeatedly every year unless and until the plans to divert the
excess flow of water through manmade canals to other regions are made.
The divine universe is extremely powerful and it works
according to universal laws like the law of attraction, the law of gravity, the
law of gratitude etc. According to the universal law of nature, whatever you
give to the universe, that will be doubly returned. If you disturb the nature,
the same rule applies in a negative way. Every
action has a reaction either positively or negatively.
In terms of tragedy this is national disaster. Every time
there is a natural calamity like the one in Jammu & Kashmir currently,
there is a call for long term solution to the problems. But once the calamity is over, governments tend to forget the
tragedy and get down to normal business of politicking, as is bound to happen
again in J&K, as per standard Indian tradition among political parties.
However, the matter is indeed serious not only in J&K but else as well, as
in Assam, Uttarakhand etc where floods are an annual feature and cause immense loss
to life and property. With Modi at the helm, let us hope some serious thought
will be given to these annual natural disasters and some long term steps to
prevent them will be initiated.
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