The killer mansoon which struck on the morning of june 17th causing excessive rains, cloud bursts and landslide in Uttarakhand trapped over 20,000 pilgrims in the districts of Rudraprayag, Tehri and Chamuli . We all are aware that while Air, Water and Soil seemingly come for free but these resources require stewardship for the benefit of mankind; nature reacts to large scale changes as it is the law of nature. It is therefore vital to tackle and reduce the severity of consequences of human error large scale disasters by putting in place the tools of Risk Management for preventing incredible devastation and also what essential measures do we take to try and ward off such calamities.
Hello Uncle,
ReplyDeleteGreat post. In related news Alberta province in Canada has been devastated by floods. About 100000 have been evacuated from downtown Calgary.
The weather is definitely making it known that it cannot be taken for granted.
Hello: The province of Alberta did a remarkable evacuation job but here a report released by Comptroller and Auditor General of India on April 23rd 2013, just 2 months ago, observed that the state disaster management authority that formed in Oct 2007 has never met till date.....
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