as well as newspapers such as The Hindu and Mathrubhumi have described the flood relief work of the Kerala state govt as exemplary and unprecedented in the history of independent India in terms of extent and depth. The Hindu has opined that the Kerala govt has marshalled its limited resources so admirably well that its stock has gone up sharply among the flood affected themselves, besides winning praise from a wide spectrum of society.
Apart from the state govt machinery, the general populace too responded so spontaneously and so selflessly that the death toll in this once in a century extreme climate event - that brought a 164 percent increase in the seasonal rainfall and causing 33 dams to be fully opened simultaneously (besides 72 major landslides) - caused less than 400 in human casualties. Going by what has happened in other states in the wake of climate events half as extreme, the death toll would certainly have been several fold had something remotely similar occurred in those states.
However, the more remarkably unique feature of Kerala has just started unfolding.
In most other states, especially North Indian ones, devastating floods invariably bring a big spike in the death toll in the aftermath due to the outbreak of contagious diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery, etc. Matters on this front are anyway dismal in North India in normal times (more than 2000 children below the age of 5 die EVERYDAY due to dysentery in North Indian states against virtually
Re: Several former bureacrats
by piri on Aug 25, 2018 07:42 PM
none in Kerala). Floods and the havoc and disruption they bring invariably make people die like flies in such states.
It is here that the relatively far better developed public healthcare system and the far superior levels of awareness about diseases and personal hygiene prevalent for long in Kerala come so conspicuously into the limelight.
Trust Keralites to ensure that water and contaminated food borne diseases would claim very few or no one in the coming days and months !
Re: Re: Several former bureacrats
by Surya Narayan Das on Aug 26, 2018 12:18 PM
This vastardPIRI still ranting against North India, but look at the posters, all these army personnelâs are belongs to North or East or west helped Kerala people to survive, including this vastardSCUM bag_Piri... haramiSUWAR
Re: not every keralite
by Surya Narayan Das on Aug 26, 2018 12:20 PM
Quite true, many vastards_like Piri will rant_against them..such vastards_should shoot at sight..
Great job by the Armed Forces. WE ARE INDIANS AND WE ARE ONE feeling is always flowing in our heart inpite of so much diversity in Regions, Religions and Languages. We always come to rescue of fellow Indians.
Is it necessary have this feeling only in times of war or this type of calamity. I think it should be there always in our mind and heart. We should tolernt if some extra funds are diverted to less developed states like north eartern states who are sharing their boarder with enemy nations. We should aim at alround development of all the states.
Can we call Major Unni Krishnan (NSG Commondo) who sacrificed his life to save people in Mumbai disaster a Karalite, no he is a INDIAN everbody should be proud of him.
Great Job by Soldiers who are real sons of Mother India. Rest of citizens are here to live life complaining / cribbing all their life against their Governments. This mud slinging is on both sides of aisle (religions).. Great Job by Army
Re: They are North Indian people...
by P S SHAH on Aug 24, 2018 08:44 PM
Only one ever stinking, useless, jobless kalumal komaaaali who has invited people to Kerala for lip smacking bexexf and Pxorxk party hate North indians who are gooing to play a major role to bring Kerala to normal.
Re: They are North Indian people...
by SHASHIDHAR CHANNABASAPPA on Aug 25, 2018 10:42 AM
Mr.Ankit Singal please stop this Nonrt Indian, South Indian discussion. Please see my message above.
