One can use the bus in the picture to measure the amount of rain received and the floods it would have caused in Chennai during the November Rain in 2008. A relief of Rs.1,000 for houses located in waterlogged areas is all what the Government could think of. Even if we rewind to March the same year, “flood relief package of Rs.2,000, 5 kg of rice, 1 litre of kerosene, sari and dhoti was being distributed to each of the affected family“. That is the only way we manage our country. Parse through the statements made after each and every disaster, you can find a stereotype, every where.
Had the same happened to your house, as the head of the family, would you give Rs 2000 to your spouse and ask to take care of the situation? Can someone explain the logic behind such relief packages?
If this is given as a “Problem Solving” question for any of the entrance exams, I am sure the answer would have been to eliminate the root cause. In this case, even though we know the root cause of the problem, we do not eliminate it, instead opt for the relief package. The cost of the same relief package for one instance could have helped to relocate the encroachers and ensure that the encroachment never happened again. Change is what we need. Change the way the Government thinks, not the Government itself. For there is no use if the next thinks the same way in terms of relief packages. God bless India. People bless the Government.
