Restoration after Andhra and Kashmir floods
Cyclone Hudhud’s fury left behind much more damage than Kashmir, on account of much higher levels of infrastructure in Andhra. In Kashmir, the scariest issue was border security. Thankfully, Andhra and its tech minded CM Naidu are gung ho about planned rebuilding to stave off future havoc from the annual cyclones, taking essential services and communications underground and minus that massive glass fronts that only smash or heat up in crises. India’s long experience in disaster management recently evolved into a ‘science’. When a warning translates into people in low lying areas evacuated into temporary quarters in municipal schools on higher ground. These are poor sections with few possessions, bundles as precious as their little ones. Food packet preparation is galvanized; ditto vaccination shots etc. Its all part of the drill. The almost annual uprooting means that every one, but everyone’s aspiration is to somehow ...