Chennai floods- Here is an account of
observed wounds and ointments to heal.
A to Z of Post mortem of calamities in
India, they have a predictable pattern while all calamities go unpredicted.
Why not a PPP model for all
infrastructure maintenance and monitoring beyond roads and railways?
Almanacs claimed ‘we said so’ invariably
after everything got damaged;
Blame game began by all towards all;
Cheap publicity seeking stunts, mostly
verbal, in front of media cameras by some;
Dodging on relevant questions by many;
Enthusiastic exaggerators were everywhere;
Fueling panic was a pass time for some;
Government departments geared to
selectively inform/help;
Help however came for various aspects from
all- government, individuals, organizations etc;
Information
sharing on social media was helpful, of course, with some instances of mischief
even amid calamity which was projected too disproportionately by the jealous
main stream media;
Judge all journalists with hidden agenda showed
and shut selectively according to their pay masters;
Kind
souls kept everyone’s spirits in good shape;
Lasting solutions were lost forever for
various reasons, as usual;
Media sensationalism diverted attention
and ensured no one learnt any lesson from the tragic experience.
Nonchalant flow of suggestions inundated mostly
from media anchor rooms from thier all knowing advisers;
Obvious facts were buried;
Political mudslinging popped out,
district wise, in the city pin code wise;
Questions of life’s feebleness against
natural calamities and accidents were quietly acknowledged;
Relief, rehabilitation, repairs were
undoubtedly prioritized and performed by many;
Slowly surely all resigned to inevitable,
demanding and justifiable routines of living;
Trauma of tragedy tormented all souls;
Untold stories of suffering surfaced
slowly from the debris and devastations of the deluge;
Very soon
all consigned the contributory factors to indifference and proceeded towards
acquiring amnesia till next calamity;
We cannot go on like this for any reason
and we all must own up responsibility;
X-ray we must, into all aspects and
initiate all possible corrective actions to avoid recurrence of avoidable damages;
Yes, we all need to bequeath a livable
planet with necessary and proper infrastructure;
Zero in on multiple possibilities,
participants, and technologies to improve because everyone is a loser in any
natural calamity.
Besides all the
invaluable devastation, suffering, loss of lives etc, in terms of monetarily evaluable
damages were too heavy for the various government
departments, real estate operators, insurance companies, corporate houses etc.
So, why not think of a PPP model where in all of the above mentioned
institutions can engage in maintenance and monitoring of all possible
activities like deepening, desilting water bodies, dredging and all other
periodic maintenance activities as well as looking at possibilities of linking
water bodies, creating large number of artificial ponds in waste lands etc and
also ensure remote controlled mechanism to divert enormous and excess water
during flooding into the sea.
Most
importantly on the whole social media
contributed more on the positive side though some elements in social media
too, like main stream media, peddled in rumors, fuelled panic, politicized etc.
Some mobile network operators promptly
started setting up bill collection centers at many places after everything
normalized without rendering even a basic apology for lack of service for many
days.
Kudos to all government organizations
and their staff from both central and state government who worked 24/7 and
provided enormous help along with many voluntary organizations, individuals
from Tamil Nadu and also from all other parts of India.
Most importantly our education system,
religious institutions, political parties etc must educate people of all ages
the importance of priorities and relevance.
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