In an unprecedented way in
the history of this nation, the Indian defense personale saved thousands of
people from the fury of cloud burst which struck in the high mountains of
Himalaya recently. The valleys of Kedarnath and Bardinath were completely
inundated by the flood water which causes destruction unheard of before. The
town of Kedarnath which is one of the four famous ‘Dhams’, looks like an old
excavated town of the past. There were lots of destruction both in terms
of lives and properties.
The cloud burst is a
disastrous weather event in which, the heaviest rainfall occurs over a localized
area at a faster rate. The rate of rainfall may be of the order of 100mm per
hour. The cloud burst in India occurs during the monsoon season over the orographically
dominant regions like Himalayan region, northeastern states and the Western
Ghats. A cloud burst has been reported near Leh in Jammu and Kashmir around
0130–0200 hours IST on 6th August, 2010 leading to flash flood and mudslides
over the region. It caused huge loss of lives and properties.
It is surprising to see,
in spite of advanced weather monitoring system working
round the clock, the Indian nation fails to deliver even a simple warning to
the people at the crucial time of need. All those weather satellites moving
round the globe could not save thousands of people from dying helplessly. It is
therefore natural to propose the following to the concerned authority
·
To analyze the real causes of cloud burst
·
To establish a proper disaster management
force
