ARE WE PREPARED FOR DISASTERS?

 






India is a country that is geographically rich and has great topographical variety. We are blessed with the seas on three sides, the Himalayas in the north along with numerous forests and rivers. While we benefit from all of them, there are also some threats that these resources pose.
Natural hazards are some unpredictable, unfavourable changes taking place in nature that causes mass destruction. With development in technology, we have gotten better at foreseeing and mitigating them. With time, the IMD and the disaster management force of India have become more and more experienced due to which we are able to soften the blow of disasters.
It is not true that India’s preparedness for mitigation of natural disasters is weak even with technology. Cyclones have become an annual occurrence in the Bay of Bengal. With their powerful instruments, the IMD is able to predict the disastrous waves and inform people beforehand. This valuable information enables the government to bring their people to high ground, away from the monstrous waves. The government also informs the fishermen not to go out to sea and thereby saves precious lives. Apart from cyclones, torrential downpours have also posed hurdles for many southern states. Recently, Kerala faced a massive flood that caused a great loss to human life and property. In this case too, the Kerala Government was pre-warned, due to which they moved those people who lived too near the Periyar River.
All these instances are testimonials of how well-prepared India is when it comes to natural hazards. If it were not for the precise prediction of the hazard and the people who knew how to handle the situation when disaster strikes, India would have lost a lot of valuable lives. Even after the D-day, the aftermath of the destruction is carefully managed. People who have lost their homes are given shelter; people are rescued from remote areas and the dead are disposed with dignity. Due to all of this, I feel that it is not correct to say that India seems to be unprepared in the face of hazard even when it has advanced technology.
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