Friday, 21 June 2013

The National Disaster - Uttarakhand Floods

Uttarakhand floods incidence has been a nightmare. The lucky few who were survived & are alive have nowhere to go - few rescued and many are waiting for help. The dead lie where they fell. The rescued survivors have horror stories with them....its very painful and horrible...People narrate of incidences when they saw their beloved ones dragged by the nature's fury in front of their eyes....We cannot even imagine this instance... Way back at home, many are desperately waiting to hear about the well being of their dear ones... The death toll is definitely much higher and 17th being Monday, the number of pilgrimage might have been the highest in the week..No food, no water, the pathetic scene around can we just imagine how would have the survivors actually battled all this after their survival from the flood in the devastated area...News of dogs preying the dead bodies, water being sold @ 200/-, chopper @ 1000/-, jewelry being given by people for food & water who do not have money, and some such happenings coming forward which I cannot even write here ..Devastation is huge and the rescue team is scare...There may be many survivors stranded there who might break by the time the rescue is available to them... May God give them courage till rescue reaches them...Prayers for all those affected... Army doing a great job....

But this has been Nature Vs Mankind...Let us learn from this shocking incidence to take care of the environment now...Way back in schools we have learnt that the trees prevent soil erosion and floods.. What are we doing - cutting those trees to construct and fulfill our selfish needs....We need to protect and plant trees and cut our carbon footprints..We need to save ourselves from being the generation responsible for devastating the Mother Earth ....This is a devastation in some part but this could be the future of the whole earth if we do not take this as a very big alarm from the environment... No individual can do anything alone but if each one of us contribute our individual efforts we together can SAVE OUR PLANET...