The flood wrecked Bihar is not common; it’s a tragedy which comes in ages and it needs extraordinary efforts to tackle. But the agony is that district administration, state and union government have failed to acknowledge the gravity of the calamity. Still it seems that it has no clear cut policy which can rescue the sufferers.
The worst natural calamity has caused gravest threat to Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Begusarai, Katihar, Samastipur and Khagaria districts. Thousands of people have lost their lives and around millions affected in flood.
To be very candid, the devastation has raised new questions on government’s policy making, functioning, and disaster management in states like Bihar. Flood in Kosi River, also named ‘sorrow of Bihar’, brought disaster every year to Bihar. The Union government shying away from saying that Breach in Kosi Dam is due the Nepal’s negligence, which didn’t allow the engineers to repair the dam, but the Bihar government said the center has not taken this matter seriously with Nepal.
On the other hand, Nepal showed her ire that’s why it was not repaired in summers. As per the 1954 treaty with Nepal, the safety and the maintenance of embankment is India’s responsibility. The lack of coordination from the Nepalese side and lackadaisical attitude of Indian government has paved the way for this catastrophe.
Our rulers and each and every human being, sees only the superficial aspects of life. They are blind to the sufferings and miseries of life. They do not even care about the sufferings and pains of others or the death and loss of property that the flood causes. Our honourables are only interested in the annual flood in the river because it provides them a political agenda. “Pehle hum aaye...Pehle hum aaye ki hor si lag jaati hai”. And they are happy to see this thing because they are selfish people, insane to human emotions and look for things to fulfil their own personal desires. The callous attitude of each and every being responsible for this have been exposed
Regular Floods in Bihar has desperately jolted the economy of Bihar. And it also provides a setback to India’s economy. Despite having a National Disaster management authority neither we have plans now we have adequate resources to avert these calamities. It should be the collective responsibility of Union government, state and the agencies, working in disaster management.
Pranav Kumar
Spokesperson (Bihar)
Indian Student Parliament
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