The relationship of rains and romance being erased and rather than analysing the causes of increasing losses due to landslide, flood and flash flood incidences there has been an increasing trend, particularly in the social media to demonise monsoonal rains. But then, can we do without the bounty of monsoonal rains?
2013 disaster
Disasters & life of the affected
Loss of productive assets by disasters has severe adverse impact on the quality of life of the affected families; particularly ones with low socio-economic status as they fail to replenish the lost assets, despite public exchequer being overburdened by relief provided by the state.
June 2013: The Kedarnath saga
Kedarnath or Shree Kedarnath as it is reverentially addressed by the locals, is amongst the four Hindu sacred shrines located in Higher Himalayan region of Uttarakhand; others being Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. Not that this region has only Hindu shrines; there is Hemkund Sahib that is revered by Sikhs. Then the region also houses the […]
Lessons from June 2013 disaster of Uttarakhand
Small or big every incidence has some lessons in store for us, and intelligent are those who don’t wait to learn from incidences, and instead learn from the experiences gained by others. The lessons alone are however of little use unless these are acted upon. Hope some find their share of action points in the […]
Reminiscence: June 2013 disaster of Uttarakhand
Exactly 8 years have passed, and all that transpired is still fresh, even bit-by-bit; the impact, the devastation, as also the lull that followed. Except for sudden short-lived disturbances weather is generally fair around the middle of June but on Friday June 14, 2013 it was raining from the previous day, and the downpour was […]