Nepal Disaster - A Reaction - Vijay Shanker Singh

The Nepal disaster has revealed the another and better face of PM. He has taken quick initiative and asked all concerned to help them in this hours of crisis. I hope this initiative will also be seen in some vital domestic issues also.

I appreciate the role of Army who always won with flying colours. It is one of the most appreciated armed forces in the world, professionaly excellent and thoroughly apolitical.

I appreciate NDRF and its DG OP Singh, for their quick response to the task given by Govt. Being the youngest police force and not equipped much, but still they are saving life meticulously in a foreign land. They have done well in Kashmir flood tragedy and Kedarnath. They must be given more training, manpower , modern equipments to counter such type of disasters, because the tectonic plates are still in action.

But some of my friends on social media are still in search of rumours to spread stories of sewaa and samarpan unnecessarily and viewing this action as a one man show. They must realise to help a foreign country and neighbour in calamities is a commendable job but when the nation decides to repeat the political leadership again for rule this will not be a criteria. The sole criteria will be the betterment of masses and economic and social environment of the country at the time of judgement.

Now come to the internal affairs. Let the Army and NDRF do their work. Now concentrate on the farmer's issue and some more vital issue facing the country. PM is energetic, he can do some better, so we have expectations from him. But he must show him that he is not for a particular class but for masses. The image which has being projected since his oath that he is for the capitalist class. Some actions have indicated in this direction also. This must be changed.

He often delivers Man ki baat to the people but he must listen the Maun, the silence of people which is more volcanic than a roar. Development doesn't mean 8 lane highways and super luxury apartments, formula racing tracks, bullet trains and Atilia like homes of few, but it means a smile on the face of the last man in the que and upliftment of the masses.

I have seen some posts on social media that the relief materials which was pouring from India and other countries to Nepal is not reaching to the needy people and disaster victims. This is the real problem and it can be solved only by local Nepal administration. Tons of biscuit packets, water, food and medicines are there but if the distribution system is not smooth or efficient , these relief operations will go in vein. Nepal must deploy some volunteer like organizations or NGOs or Govt machinery to handle this bottleneck.

I have no experience in quake relief operations but i have experiences in flood relief ops. People send materials, eatables and clothes to flood victims but due to the inefficient distribution system the items could not be send to the needy. Flood relief is simple operations and you have to put evaquee from the water logged areas to safe places. The options of rehabilitation is much more than a quake affected area. In quake affected area, you have a crippled telecom system, poor and broken road and the number of victims are much more. The area of disaster is much much more. So it is very difficult to organize an efficient distribution system to face the challenges.

 In all calamities, whether it is God made or man made a calmness is required. The panic will only increase your worries and problems. The poor distribution system will lead to the law and order problems and some violence. Nepal Govt must think over it and it is her job to do this. India is doing very efficiently but their source and penetration in the local administration is limited being Nepal is a foreign country. India will face another problem on her soil to provide refuge to the disaster victims. Thousands will come and take shelter in the terai area of UP and Bihar. Their food,clothing, and other provisions will be a fresh problems for state govts. India is too affected by recent quakes. More relief works are required in quake hit areas too. Let us pray for the best.