This time ,i am here with a very important matter: non-fictitious
,non-creative never like before.
This is about a disaster ahead ,assumed to take the life of around 30
million people of 3 districts of kerala in south india.Even while
tapping my keyboard ,i have the tension of every possibility of a
catastrophe. If tsunami came from the vast ocean ,this is like a
volcano from inside. This will be exactly like what is portrayed in
the moovie DAM 999.
Everybody ,in kerala and Tamil Nadu is awake and known about the
mullaperiyar issue ,the dam built in 1896 which expired before
decades is still in use ,and two states of india :kerala and tamil
nadu is fighting for ownership issues over the dam since the past 4-5
years or may be before .The dam is said to be in a very weak condition
at present and today it has reached the worst condition ever ,due to
minor earthquakes and heavy rain.
We could have built another dam within these years of fighting ,other
than both states trying to proove that we want the right over the dam.
The teams from IIT's have made assumptions of every possibility of a
blast at anytime .The pressure on the walls of the dam are so high
that it barely withstands with the pressure. The dam is not built with
cement like what we do nowadays ,it is built with old traditional
methods. Today ,the water in the reservoir has reached to 136 ft after
heavy rain and the people of idukki are in fear of a major earthquake
too now .2 earthquakes struck idukki district and its major effect was
nt recorded in mullaperiyar area ,so there is a chance of another
earthquake in the reservoir area. There may be another dams such as
baby dam and all after mullaperiyar ,which is said to block the water
from mullaperiyar ,but unfortunately ,as per findings till now it
doesn't have enough capacity. It may be unbelievable at first instant
that 3 districts may be entirely sunk ,but if we go and have an
overview of mullaperiyar reservoir and dam at www.maps.google.com
,half of your doubts will vanish .Ofcourse ,the medias may be making
some big assumptions ,but incase the dam blasts ,it will definitely
claim many innocent lives and the entire responsibility goes to nobody
else than our government authorities ,simply making surveys,plans and
not implementing it .Only now ,this issue has got a national notice
and now when the dam is about to crash ,our ministers have went to
delhi for discussion and to have a compromise with tamil nadu . What
are they trying to do in this last minute ?
People in idukki are protesting at present .Where is the so-called
gandhian on this issue :anna hazare ! ? No major movements and
happening outside kerala in favour of this issue ,perhaps never
anywhere than the states assumed to be affected by this and still we
call ourselves the most literate and united people ,damn shame it is
.Now even though we have to be optimistic ,in almost everybody's
opinion what the government has to do is to get prepared with the best
available disaster relieving facilities .Since our leaders did not
take much care of this
danger, be ready to face
up with a sure disaster(not at all natural) which may finish God's Own country
's name for ever. The inhabitants of the region have warned that they
will reroute the water by making canal . Everytime as obama says lets
hope for some good "HOPE".
May thee be with all..
Good luck and god speed.
(to say: i am also optimistic and pessimistic :)
-Jishnu
