Floods!
During most of the rainy seasons, many areas where the towns and habitats are situated on the riverside are badly hit or affected due to heavy rains or heavy floods in the river due to different reasons are creating havoc on both the banks of river, destroying many lives of humans and livestock, properties, fields and everything coming in the way.
My childhood passed on the bank of a major river called as “Godavari” I have seen the destructions caused during and after the floods from very near. My close relative was a senior officer in government and was looking after the relief works. I had travelled with him many times to such rescue operation locations. Whenever I see the news and pictures of such happenings, I remember the group of the people standing helplessly on some elevated piece of land, the cows and buffalos lying dead in the mud, destroyed houses and what not…
Photo: courtesy from news agencies.
My heart gets shaken every such time by realizing the pain of these people who lost all of their life time savings and earnings. The house which they built by doing lots of hard work and savings, getting washed out in front of their eyes and they can do nothing. I remember an old person who was sitting with empty eyes near his fallen house due to flood and heavy rains, full of mud and everything in the house was just flown away. Now he don’t have even spoon or a single utensil to eat… OMG even now also I feel shivering on my skin…
Image : courtesy from news agencies.
Businessmen and traders in the market area gets badly hit by such happenings. If they are able to save some of the things from their shops then bit okay but those who can not? Total loss! Groceries you have to simply throw, cloths are absolutely not usable. The layer of mud, the flood left behind is waist deep and it is extremely exhaustive to clean all this. How can they do that ? who will help them? All are affected. its really a helpless situation. Of course lots of help in form of food, cloths, medicines etc starts flowing in but all that is random and for that time being only. Three days four days a fortnight… what after that? from where to start? what to feed the children? from where? how? From where the money will flow in? It’s fine for those who are doing some regular job in government or so they may get some timely funds for sure… but what the businessmen will do? how one can beg to relatives and friends? how much? Its really a mammoth task to stand again to begin a new life…
The water keeps on flowing due to heavy rains, due to other rivers pouring in main river, due to the water release from the dams and the devastation continues. many times situation is you are lifted from rooftop to some other place and you don’t know at all what is happening to the property underwater. What about valuables and important papers in house? electronic gadgets? People taken shelter at the upper floor, not sure if their building will sustain?
Simply horrible. I always try to be a part of the relief/rescue operations in some or other way. If not at least by the way of donations. Just tried to put the pain of the affected people here. Request you all to understand the same and always come ahead. Be always ready to assist the affected people. What you give will come back to you again in multiple in different ways for sure.
