Since last March, men like me and specially who have to run this country are feeling badly perturbed over the untimely wet weather. When there is no rain, it is famine (anavrishti) whereas if there is excess of rains (Ativrishti) and that too untimely, it is again a famine though wet. March and April are months when particularly in north India, it is harvesting season for wheat, mustard, gram and many such other grains, cash crops and fruits. It, at the same time, does not augur well for the upcoming mango crop as well.
Whenever the kisans lose paddy crop due to lack of adequate rains, floods or some other reasons, they do not lose heart and hope to recover their economic loss through good ‘rabbi’ crop. They put their whole energy and resources in sowing wheat and other such seasonal grains. Normally, when floods wash away paddy crops, the land gets added nourishment which paves the way for bumper rabbi crop. In the background of this high expectation, when the crop, ready for harvesting is destroyed through natural calamities including unseasonal rains, it come as a bolt from the blue for the farming communities. The kisan who had taken loan for raising crop and was hopeful that a good harvest would enable him to repay the loan and get married his daughter, found the jolt unbearable and started committing suicide. It has come as a great challenge for the government.
On the other hand J&K which had torrential rains and unprecedented floods in last Sept. has unfortunately found itself in the midst of the same miseries once again. The flood waters have not only inundated and devastated the standing crops but also entered into the residences of the local people. The affected families either went on the roof or were shifted to safer places. The govt agencies from the state as well as the Centre are evacuating grief stricken people.
Though the Centre has announced all possible helps for the suffering people, but we understand that it is not easy to handle such a gigantic task. The govt of Madhya Pradesh has already announced packages for the compensation money for damaged crops including fruits. Centre has, to start with given 200 crore to J&K. Similar compensations are being assessed and arranged for the suffering kisans of Punjab, Haryana. Gujarat, HP and UP.
The rescue and compensations are not enough to save the situation. The govt will have to go in deep to trace the root causes of such calamities. So far knowledgeable people hold the view that these calamities are man- made. Our trifling with the nature is visiting the human society as calamitous reprisings. It needs to be sorted out on international level. In case if the necessary preventive steps are not taken, the human society will have to remain ready to encounter more and more such devastations.
Whenever the kisans lose paddy crop due to lack of adequate rains, floods or some other reasons, they do not lose heart and hope to recover their economic loss through good ‘rabbi’ crop. They put their whole energy and resources in sowing wheat and other such seasonal grains. Normally, when floods wash away paddy crops, the land gets added nourishment which paves the way for bumper rabbi crop. In the background of this high expectation, when the crop, ready for harvesting is destroyed through natural calamities including unseasonal rains, it come as a bolt from the blue for the farming communities. The kisan who had taken loan for raising crop and was hopeful that a good harvest would enable him to repay the loan and get married his daughter, found the jolt unbearable and started committing suicide. It has come as a great challenge for the government.
On the other hand J&K which had torrential rains and unprecedented floods in last Sept. has unfortunately found itself in the midst of the same miseries once again. The flood waters have not only inundated and devastated the standing crops but also entered into the residences of the local people. The affected families either went on the roof or were shifted to safer places. The govt agencies from the state as well as the Centre are evacuating grief stricken people.
Though the Centre has announced all possible helps for the suffering people, but we understand that it is not easy to handle such a gigantic task. The govt of Madhya Pradesh has already announced packages for the compensation money for damaged crops including fruits. Centre has, to start with given 200 crore to J&K. Similar compensations are being assessed and arranged for the suffering kisans of Punjab, Haryana. Gujarat, HP and UP.
The rescue and compensations are not enough to save the situation. The govt will have to go in deep to trace the root causes of such calamities. So far knowledgeable people hold the view that these calamities are man- made. Our trifling with the nature is visiting the human society as calamitous reprisings. It needs to be sorted out on international level. In case if the necessary preventive steps are not taken, the human society will have to remain ready to encounter more and more such devastations.
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