Bikash
Choudhury
One good thing about the unprecedented flood havoc in
Srinagar City and other parts of J&K State was it did not distinguish
between caste & class and have & have-nots as cascading flood water
from Jhelum River inundated the bungalows of ministers and top bureaucrats;
those who are partially responsible for such tragedy. Mumbai city was flooded
in 2005 and the Cloud burst in Uttarakhand in 2013 took a heavy toll of over
twenty thousand lives. However, we did not learn any thing from such
catastrophic human tragedy. Looking at natural disaster happening in the
country and other parts of the World; one should infer that such disasters
would now happen more frequently and with enhanced ferocity in our country and
outside for which we should remain prepared as a Nation. It is true we can’t
avert such tragedy from happening; however, we can attempt to minimize its
impact. Union and State Govt. alone can’t meet this
challenge fully or partially; it would require the might of all private and
social organizations and all conscious citizens to take some preventive
measures in their daily life. Natural disasters mostly happen due to imbalance
in the eco-system. The size of our population itself is one of the greatest
destabilizer of our eco-system and on top of it our habitual & blatant
abuse of Nature makes it much more lethal. We can now expect such tragedy hit
each of us tomorrow and therefore take conscious decision to deal with Nature
and Natural resources as one withdraw cash from bank. That apart conscious
individuals should have a charter for them to manage their personal carbon foot
print—to plant or sponsor plantation of twelve trees annually, cut down
personal consumption of water & energy and to educate at least one more
person about conservation of nature.
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