Assam gets flooded every year, which leads to a loss of human and animal life, soil erosion, and many houses get destroyed. Footage of devas...
Assam gets flooded every year, which leads to a loss of human and animal life, soil erosion, and many houses get destroyed. Footage of devastating floods is all over the news this year too. Celebs express worry and talk about how most of us know what is happening, talk about it and then carry on with our lives as if problems in other places or with other people don't seem to affect them. Read on:
Sharad Malhotra
Yet another flood
has gripped Assam. You can't even begin to understand what it's like to live in
a flood-prone area, to watch helplessly as your land is lost, to live in tents,
and to rebuild your life. The sight of this awful situation makes my heart
ache. Despite the yearly donations, the circumstances that arise during the
monsoon season remain unchanged. It's just a talking point for a few days
and later fades away. Addressing the issues only in Assam when the flood
strikes isn't the solution. To comprehend how to take action in these areas,
one must come to an understanding. Although we can't stop the rain, we can
definitely minimize the damage. Even in Mumbai in some areas major water
logging happens.
Sudha Chandran
Yes, every year
Assam gets flooded, we see it in the news, talk about it for a few days and
then forget about the issue and carry on with our lives. This has become a
pattern. The point is that we only discuss, but we have to find out a concrete
practical solution to the problem. We can’t be debating on the news channel and
talking about the situations for months and then next year the same thing
happens again. This is happening in every state. Even in Maharashtra, water
clogging is a huge issue and at that time we all are in a mess, don't know how
to reach our place of work or how many people fall into the water drains and
hurt themselves. The accidents are at times fatal too, but it's untraceable,
and this problem happens every year. Why can't we find a solution? In this
country, we are only debating and not finding solutions. As the days are
progressing, we are getting insensitive to the real issues and are just talking
about, them as if, just showing off our concern. No solutions are being found,
sadly.
Vijayendra Kumeria
Floods in Assam are
a reality and happen every year. It is surely not a good feeling to see so
much destruction. The government of the state needs to find a solution for
this. This is a natural calamity that is being caused by ecological imbalance.
We, sitting in Mumbai, can do nothing except do our bit for the environment.
Relief stuff happens and we can donate, but proper solutions need to be found
so that floods can be controlled and lives can be saved.
Balraj Syal
Why only Assam, if
you see Bihar on an average every two years, the state gets flooded. We see the
footage on news and share the link on social media and appeal to people to
help. People share the news because at that time there is hype around it and
everyone is doing it. The government says that the military and the natural
disaster team are working on it day and night, however, I don’t understand why
the flood happens every year, and why isn't there any solution? What are we
doing for the prevention of floods? After floods, many people become homeless,
so is anybody doing anything to prevent that. Why talk only about Assam. It is
true that these problems do not affect the daily lives of those not facing them but that does not mean people are not suffering. There are some people who
donate but whether it reaches directly to the people in need or not, nobody
knows. The focus should be on prevention rather than asking for donations and
appealing to people every year.
Amal Sehrawat
Every monsoon,
Assam gets flooded, and this year the problem has gotten worse. Over a million
people are now living amid hunger and without any shelter. I am happy that
there are celebrities and others who donate money to Assam, but the problem
uniquely remains of Assam only. Also, there is little mention of
the flooding in the mainstream media. Throughout the year, numerous Assamese
organization have pleaded with the centre to address these problems and have
made demands in this regard, but to no avail. As the time passes by, we become
less understanding of the problems and only discuss them in order to be heard.
However, no real solution has been found yet, and we are all continuing with
our normal work.
Sudhanshu Pandey
When I see the news
of Assam being flooded or any other place that gets flooded and people getting
affected, it is really heart-wrenching. In fact, I was watching a video where
the air force was dropping bags of food into the flooded village in Assam and
it felt so bad. On one hand, we feel sad and on the other hand, we feel proud of
the government and its work and the hard work of the air force. Ultimately it's
the Army that comes to our rescue in such situations. They take care of the
people who are stranded and in trouble, they come to save their lives and that
is what they have been doing even now. We are all immune to the fact that these
things happen and it's a human tendency that unless something affects you
directly you don't really react that much. The compassion amongst us has become
low, although if it was in my capacity and I could do something personally. I
would help even one person and it would have given me a lot of satisfaction. I
keep my eyes open if there's anything or anywhere something needs to be
donated, I have done that in the past and I still do it. That's the least
contribution I can give apart from praying for their safety.
Chitra Vakil Sharma
Assam is flooded
yet again. It’s a yearly thing that individuals of the state have been living
with since days of yore. It’s heartbreaking to see these visuals every year.
It’s bizarre that the government is unable to do anything to improve the
situation. No doubt they are helping the citizens, but their help comes after
the flood has hit hard and what they should be focusing on is how to prevent
this situation from happening every year. People, not facing the
situation, do seem to live on unaffected as they have their own battles to
fight. They sympathize but don’t have the time or they can’t actually be of any
help, so there’s nothing they can do but pray, and has flooded more on. It’s a natural
phenomenon but can be controlled, if not prevented. But I am sure there could
be a few things that could be done so the probability of it happening becomes
less.
Nivedita Basu
I was always
interested in knowing what is happening in Assam because for almost 10 years my
cousin has been there and now a very close friend of mine lives there. Living
in Mumbai, we feel our lives are the most miserable however the northeast
always gets ignored when such calamities and disasters happen. I think we
exploit nature so much that when it reacts with all its might (read natural
disasters), whether it's a landslide or a flood etc, we become helpless. Not
specifically northeast, but across the world, the situation is the same. People
still think that we are talking too futuristic and it’s not something that is
going to happen. I am very critical of the wrong or unnecessary overuse of
natural resources, especially water. The government needs to be a little
proactive because every year it can’t be the same situation. The
infrastructure needs to get better instead of opening fancy malls and theatres.
Once the infrastructure is strong, the place can be a little more proactive to
lead a better life, and then it also becomes safe for tourists.
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