Disaster happened in Uttarakhand. Loss of human lives is irreparable.
There is intense debate going on about how it is man made disaster and how it was avoidable. One thing is undeniably true. Nature should be respected. India can not survive without protecting the nature and environment. We have not done much to prevent and manage such disasters. Why so? We are a big nation and one of the fastest developing one. We need to have a very strong and effective Disaster Management System. There are many agencies but the coordination is not effective. There are many people who can do and are doing good work but they are scattered. Country needs a well coordinated system. One such can be:
Federation for Disaster Management.
It should not be a mere formality but should be formed by those who are sincerely working towards this. It will work right from national level to grass root level. It can be formed by representatives belonging to every district who are actively working towards disaster management of the region. They will look after the region and will object to anything happening or likely to happen in the region that can predispose to disaster, be it illegal construction or deforestation. Once they put objection, such activity should be stopped until jointly cleared by this federation, ministry of environment and other concerned ministries. Even after clearance, this federation will have first right to challenge the clearance in court. Only after clearance from court such activity should be allowed.They will also look after to make sure that quick alert and rescue system is in place.
We all have collective responsibility to make sure that no single life is lost due to greed or callousness. Nation building is a serious work and it can not happen without active participation of citizens.
There is intense debate going on about how it is man made disaster and how it was avoidable. One thing is undeniably true. Nature should be respected. India can not survive without protecting the nature and environment. We have not done much to prevent and manage such disasters. Why so? We are a big nation and one of the fastest developing one. We need to have a very strong and effective Disaster Management System. There are many agencies but the coordination is not effective. There are many people who can do and are doing good work but they are scattered. Country needs a well coordinated system. One such can be:
Federation for Disaster Management.
It should not be a mere formality but should be formed by those who are sincerely working towards this. It will work right from national level to grass root level. It can be formed by representatives belonging to every district who are actively working towards disaster management of the region. They will look after the region and will object to anything happening or likely to happen in the region that can predispose to disaster, be it illegal construction or deforestation. Once they put objection, such activity should be stopped until jointly cleared by this federation, ministry of environment and other concerned ministries. Even after clearance, this federation will have first right to challenge the clearance in court. Only after clearance from court such activity should be allowed.They will also look after to make sure that quick alert and rescue system is in place.
We all have collective responsibility to make sure that no single life is lost due to greed or callousness. Nation building is a serious work and it can not happen without active participation of citizens.
