Torrential rains in different parts of the country, floods in rivers, floods flowing in floods, 6 children, father and daughter, Gilgit, SWAT, Banar, twin cities, many lost their lives during many injuries, Babu Sir is looking for water.
The road is blocked from 15 places and 4 major contact bridges have also been flooded. The Pak army safely vacated tourists trapped in 40 to 50 vehicles, while running a rescue operations in Scardu, opened closed roads due to slipping of land.
The monsoon season has emerged as another bitter reality for Pakistan. On the one hand, there was rains of cruel rain, on the other hand, human negligence, government’s negligence and institutional weakness transformed the disaster into an irreparable tragedy. In many regions including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit -Balistan, Rawalpindi and Islamabad, torrential rains, land slipping and flood rail causes are not only a seasonal or natural disaster, but also a system of a systematic government and administrative failure.
Over the years, the monsoon season has now become a humanitarian crisis compared to a natural routine. This time in July, the number of casualties, which has increased from dozens to hundreds, is not only the result of rains or floods, but also a sign of poor infrastructure, administrative negligence in tourist areas and prematurely inaction of warning system.
Tourists, including men, women and children, visit the northern regions to expect their holidays to make their holidays pleasant, but despite weak bridges, the government silences its life lamps, despite the vulnerable bridges, despite the unprotected camps and incessant rains. This tragedy is not limited to just a few areas. In the capital like Islamabad, a poor drainage system cries public life.
The stream of Rawalpindi is once again in the news where the water level increases dangerously after the rain and government agencies are limited to “continuing alerts”. Tourist places of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, considered important to the domestic economy, have become dangerous for human life due to the worst infrastructure, unmanned construction and non -circulating local administration.
If we do a non -real, realistic analysis of these accidents, the first question is whether it is intelligent to allow people to go to tourist areas during the monsoon without any monitoring. When relevant institutions receive the effect of climate change and stormy rainfall several days ago, is it not the responsibility of institutions to ban tourism in the affected areas on time? But sadly, our policy is always based on response, we have to suffer as human life every time the lack of advance strategy.
It is no longer hidden from anyone that Pakistan is one of the most affected countries of climate change. The melting of the glaciers is increasing the risk of flooding, the rainfall system has become unbalanced, and the flash flood has now become a routine. The tendency of rainy lakes and ponds is also not equal to us, although if they are, they can help a lot in increasing underground surface water, going down in our urban areas.
We need to study our meteorological patterns and make plans as required so that hundreds of people can be stopped and billions of rupees can be stopped every year and get a permanent and permanent solution for urban swimming. Given the accidents caused by rain, there is more human negligence than administrative. Every year, the government is encouraged to take precautionary measures before the monsoon, but the government guidelines are ignored by the citizens.
Recent deaths in the country were not only due to natural disasters, but the state’s disability, poor urban planning and the result of environmental apathy. We established encroachments on our natural drains, cut trees and built buildings, converted open land into cement and tarpulin, and shut down the natural flow of rain water. When the water path is closed, it makes its way, and then whatever comes in its way, it falls into disaster. One of the important aspects of this tragedy is that governments have not made any attempt to raise public awareness about climate change and environmental threats.
Parliament should enact regular laws on climate change, verify provincial assemblies and monitor its implementation at all levels. More sadly, no major policy change or serious analysis is seen even after these tragedies. After accidents, a few days of newspaper statements, some show meetings, and then general silence. Neither regular checks are done nor responsible. As time passes, new topics come in discussion and previous accidents only become part of memory.
Heavy rains are considered to be the result of broad climate change, which will change the lifestyle of Pakistanis in the future, one of the major causes of this deteriorating condition is being declared as rapid melting of glaciers in northern regions, especially in Gilgit -Baltistan, rapid elimination of these glaciers, but rapid of these glaciers. Rapid harvesting of trees and planting new trees have made the effects of climate change more serious, in 2010 there was a glimpse of an uncertain future with the installation of a lake in the Hanja Valley.
First, tourism activities should be banned completely or partially in sensitive areas during the monsoon season. A comprehensive plan is required in this regard, in which the local government, police, meteorological department and disaster management agencies integrate and decide. Secondly, local communities should be trained in terms of timely response to natural disasters, and protect tourists coming from outside.
Third, a code of conduct should be established for tourists, which require instructions like registration, routes information and avoiding dangerous areas before traveling. In the manufacture of infrastructure, it is absolutely necessary to maintain stability and climatic conditions. It has now been repeatedly proved that accidents occur in weak bridges, poor roads and unsafe hotels or camp areas. If the government wants to make tourism an economy engine, it will have to pay immediate attention to the infrastructure. Development projects in these areas can also be introduced through public private participation, provided they ensure transparency and stability in them. In terms of social change, we have to review our priorities.
The indiscriminate harvesting of trees, the destruction of the forest and the construction of the unmanned have increased the land slipping and the weakness of the land. Currently, Pakistan not only requires a comprehensive national climate adaptation policy, but also needs to implement this policy at the district level so that it can have a positive impact locally. It should be remembered that human life is not just a number, but a family, a generation and a dream.
When a tourist suffers from an accident, people who are left behind suffer from life. If a single life can also be saved, then it is the moral responsibility of both the government and the society to take steps for it. If we really want to change, it should start today, now and from here. We cannot stop natural disasters, but we can change our attitude, policies and preferences to remove the problems arising from natural disasters as soon as possible.