"Death is the biggest enemy", rightly said in the last episode of Game of Thrones. More than two weeks have passed places in Bihar, Assam and certain districts of Manipur and Meghalaya are reeling of the fact that they have been inundated with the deluge. Death toll has crossed 200 and the affected ones are in millions, somewhere around 10 million. Consider the staggering number which is certainly a huge one. And still many are marooned somewhere in dark , hungry and waiting for the disaster response force to make way to them. Along with people, the wildlife and the forestland have been affected to a greater extent. Certainly it's a calamity and more of disaster.
Flood always has a severe impact to the society. People die, many get displaced, houses are drowned, animals are killed, development is stalled, services get disrupted and in short life is paralysed which cripples the economy. India as a nation is looking forward to be the fastest growing economy in the current year and in the upcoming years. Is it possible to achieve without considering the calamities which derails the development for a couple of years. Our nation's capability to recuperate isn't as fast Japan's which has the ability to turnaround things in a span of year. Instead of progressing we regress back. If we go into history and check the number of fatalities and casualties in case of deluge, lives affected is in millions. 2015 was one such year where Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu came under the wrath of flood and lost around 500 lives. Lives lost is human resources ostracised from the nation. There is indeed lot more coming ahead if we do not start considering the 'climate factor'. Lot more maybe floods or torrential rainfalls in any part of the country preceded by droughts which would lead to the extreme conditions when the human being can barely survive.
The Government has various policies implemented for spreading awareness, evacuating and sending National or State Disaster Response Teams to the flood prone areas like Odisha, Andhra , Tamil Nadu etc. Few states have been consistently being hit by floods in the past few years. One such example is Odisha. Are the stringent measures adopted by the Government enough to protect thousands of lives, animals and public property. Newer methods have been adopted so that the flood prone areas recieve signals ahead of such calamity and evacuation can be done as early as possible. But what about the other life forms, land, soil and forest. When wind blowing at a speed of 150-200 kmph it totally ravages the area where the radar of the eye of the storm hits. To restart life in those areas takes time. This rate of degrowth wouldn't allow the nation to accelerate. The basic factors of the causality have been overlooked by the people quite often and even the contribution is appalling from the government towards the conservation of life.
Climate change is gradually happening. Our planet Earth is getting warmer in decades. By the end of 21st century it would rise by 2 degree celsius. If we contemplate, the rise is temperature is just 2, a single digit number looks like very nominal. But this change can bring lot of natural calamities to our planet. It would have devastating repercussions leading lives to an end. Certain factors like deforestation, rampant construction of buildings, pollutants and contaminants emitted from the industries and poaching of wildlife animals are the biggest of contributors to these calamities. Restricting these should be the primary goal and providing assistance in times of calamities should be secondary but it seems the other way round. The rate at which the soil and forest replenish is less than the rate of consumption which is a basic economic theory. Forest degradation increases the carbon dioxide levels which in turn increases the earth's atmosphere leading to greenhouse effect. Glaciers are melting at an alarming level which would increase the sea level subsequently leading to devastating floods in the coastal areas. Adoption of renewable energy methodology is the need of the hour because the fossil fuels act as catalyst to the greenhouse effect by increasing the carbon dioxide levels. Industrial effluent is another factor which is destroying the aquatic life and the water itself.
Air pollution is rising rapidly increasing the level of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide.
The loss in wildlife by poaching is significantly contributing to this scenario due to the fact that loss in wildlife animals is equivalent to breakage in food web. It is the basic function of organisms living in the biosphere where there is a huge overlapping of lives inter-dependencies.
We must learn from our failures and act collectively for our nation and the planet earth. Sustainable growth and inclusive development motto should not just be United Nations motto rather every individual should act upon it. Along with the basic elementary education, basic awareness about climate conservation should be added. If we are able to take proactive steps towards sustainable development of biodiversity and climate then we would be able to avert many devastating calamities. This can definitely act as a propeller to the nation's growth. A wise man once said " 'A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.'
Hence, climate change is real. This is happening.
Flood always has a severe impact to the society. People die, many get displaced, houses are drowned, animals are killed, development is stalled, services get disrupted and in short life is paralysed which cripples the economy. India as a nation is looking forward to be the fastest growing economy in the current year and in the upcoming years. Is it possible to achieve without considering the calamities which derails the development for a couple of years. Our nation's capability to recuperate isn't as fast Japan's which has the ability to turnaround things in a span of year. Instead of progressing we regress back. If we go into history and check the number of fatalities and casualties in case of deluge, lives affected is in millions. 2015 was one such year where Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu came under the wrath of flood and lost around 500 lives. Lives lost is human resources ostracised from the nation. There is indeed lot more coming ahead if we do not start considering the 'climate factor'. Lot more maybe floods or torrential rainfalls in any part of the country preceded by droughts which would lead to the extreme conditions when the human being can barely survive.
The Government has various policies implemented for spreading awareness, evacuating and sending National or State Disaster Response Teams to the flood prone areas like Odisha, Andhra , Tamil Nadu etc. Few states have been consistently being hit by floods in the past few years. One such example is Odisha. Are the stringent measures adopted by the Government enough to protect thousands of lives, animals and public property. Newer methods have been adopted so that the flood prone areas recieve signals ahead of such calamity and evacuation can be done as early as possible. But what about the other life forms, land, soil and forest. When wind blowing at a speed of 150-200 kmph it totally ravages the area where the radar of the eye of the storm hits. To restart life in those areas takes time. This rate of degrowth wouldn't allow the nation to accelerate. The basic factors of the causality have been overlooked by the people quite often and even the contribution is appalling from the government towards the conservation of life.
Climate change is gradually happening. Our planet Earth is getting warmer in decades. By the end of 21st century it would rise by 2 degree celsius. If we contemplate, the rise is temperature is just 2, a single digit number looks like very nominal. But this change can bring lot of natural calamities to our planet. It would have devastating repercussions leading lives to an end. Certain factors like deforestation, rampant construction of buildings, pollutants and contaminants emitted from the industries and poaching of wildlife animals are the biggest of contributors to these calamities. Restricting these should be the primary goal and providing assistance in times of calamities should be secondary but it seems the other way round. The rate at which the soil and forest replenish is less than the rate of consumption which is a basic economic theory. Forest degradation increases the carbon dioxide levels which in turn increases the earth's atmosphere leading to greenhouse effect. Glaciers are melting at an alarming level which would increase the sea level subsequently leading to devastating floods in the coastal areas. Adoption of renewable energy methodology is the need of the hour because the fossil fuels act as catalyst to the greenhouse effect by increasing the carbon dioxide levels. Industrial effluent is another factor which is destroying the aquatic life and the water itself.
Air pollution is rising rapidly increasing the level of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide.
The loss in wildlife by poaching is significantly contributing to this scenario due to the fact that loss in wildlife animals is equivalent to breakage in food web. It is the basic function of organisms living in the biosphere where there is a huge overlapping of lives inter-dependencies.
We must learn from our failures and act collectively for our nation and the planet earth. Sustainable growth and inclusive development motto should not just be United Nations motto rather every individual should act upon it. Along with the basic elementary education, basic awareness about climate conservation should be added. If we are able to take proactive steps towards sustainable development of biodiversity and climate then we would be able to avert many devastating calamities. This can definitely act as a propeller to the nation's growth. A wise man once said " 'A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.'
Hence, climate change is real. This is happening.
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