What is even more devilish is that when they opened the waters from all the shutters, they said that there is no reason to worry since we have informed the concerned authorities that we are going to open all the shutters. But, where is the time or infrastructure to deal with the mess?
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:06 PM, KP Sasi <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Himanshu. > > At one level, I agree that the floods created by Idukki dam could have > been avoided, since they waited and waited for the dam to be completely > filled before releasing water from all the shutters. The reason they told > the media was that they believed that the water level would go down in a > day or two. However, the dam itself has been responsible for creating > landslides and many other problems in the past. The pressure on the earth > in the region was more than the earth could bear. > > However, it is also important to understand that even if Idukki damage > could have been reduced, the overall disaster could not have been done away > with. The role of deforestation on the uphills of all rivers have played a > major role. > > Today, we are looking at ways to handle a major disaster. But we forget > that none of the State Governments nor the Central Government are really > equipped to handle disasters. The disaster management set ups of the > Governments have proven again and again to be inefficient. We have seen it > in Tsunami, we have seen it in various earthquakes and floods in India. The > only repeated statement they would do to convince the media is that > `everything is efficiently managed'. However, this is not just a case of > `management' alone. It is also a case of a political philosophy on how the > Governments and the vested interests look at environment. > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Himanshu Thakkar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks, Sasi, >> >> Hope you have seen this, which was written and published on Aug 10. >> https://sandrp.in/2018/08/10/idukki-releases-water-when- >> kerala-is-in-floods-could-this-be-avoided/ >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:42 PM, KP Sasi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The God's own country is flooded. Human beings built dams and released >>> all the waters since the dams could not withstand the pressure. Perhaps, at >>> least this should be a lesson for those who still argue for blocking rivers >>> with large dams. The situation has become grave with deforestation. Water >>> would flow down in one go, flooding all over and after three months, there >>> would be a shortage of water in all these regions. People would be >>> dependent on water tanks for their basic needs. The immediate need is >>> to generate help for this man made disaster. No God can stop a man made >>> disaster even in God's Own Country. The long term solution is to find ways >>> to close the mouths of the development fundamentalists, working for profits >>> of a section of people. It is clear that Kerala can not survive without >>> protecting its environment. If we do not learn the right lessons at least >>> now, we never will. >>> https://countercurrents.org/2018/08/16/kerala-faces-devastating-floods/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Himanshu Thakkar >> >> South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People, >> c/o 86-D, AD block, Shalimar Bagh, >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=86-D,+AD+block,+Shalimar+Bagh,+Delhi+110088,+India&entry=gmail&source=g> >> Delhi 110088, India >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=86-D,+AD+block,+Shalimar+Bagh,+Delhi+110088,+India&entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> [email protected], [email protected] >> http://sandrp.wordpress.com/ >> www.sandrp.in >> www.facebook.com/sandrp.in >> https://twitter.com/Indian_Rivers >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
