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Is it the beginning of the end of the world? Cynics, astrologers and self-proclaimed experts claim that the year 2012 would be the catastrophic year for mankind as the world would cease to exist. Hard to believe, right? Even Nostradamus, the man who saw tomorrow, wasn’t totally correct, thus no one knows what future has in store for us. But the past and the present happenings can definitely give inklings to the ultimate bearing. And with the world being fiercely struck and wrecked by continuous and increasingly frequent bout of disasters, both natural and man made, the fatal omen is more likely to be true. Well, as humans and more precisely individuals, it is not in our hands what the Almighty has decided for us. But we can surely do one thing, to prepare ourselves for the unknown and try and minimise the loss that comes with each disaster.
But in the list of all the uncertainties, one thing is getting more and more certain with every calamity that strikes. That India is going to be the epicenter of the downfall, if and when it strikes. Yes, the natural reasons are there but what makes India more prone is the lack of an efficient Disaster Management System. Whenever any thing happens, whether natural or man made, Indian system falls like a pack of cards costing billions in most of the cases. It is estimated that since 2000, India has suffered an economic loss of $18 billion because of 10 disasters.
Modern India has been battered and bruised by the world’s most severe droughts, famine, cyclones, earthquakes, chemical disasters, mid-air head-on air collisions, rail and road accidents, not to forget that it has been cornered from all directions with cross border terrorism. And what makes India more susceptible to risks is it’s geography. As per many geographic surveys; nearly 60% of the entire Indian landscape is susceptible to seismic damage in varying degrees. The scenario looks all the more grim when one takes into account the average area affected by floods every year. On an average about 8 million hectares of landscape is destroyed by flood. And of the nearly 7,500 kilometers long coastline, approximately 5,700 kilometers is vulnerable to cyclones while 68% of India is at risk of drought.
Is it the beginning of the end of the world? Cynics, astrologers and self-proclaimed experts claim that the year 2012 would be the catastrophic year for mankind as the world would cease to exist. Hard to believe, right? Even Nostradamus, the man who saw tomorrow, wasn’t totally correct, thus no one knows what future has in store for us. But the past and the present happenings can definitely give inklings to the ultimate bearing. And with the world being fiercely struck and wrecked by continuous and increasingly frequent bout of disasters, both natural and man made, the fatal omen is more likely to be true. Well, as humans and more precisely individuals, it is not in our hands what the Almighty has decided for us. But we can surely do one thing, to prepare ourselves for the unknown and try and minimise the loss that comes with each disaster.
But in the list of all the uncertainties, one thing is getting more and more certain with every calamity that strikes. That India is going to be the epicenter of the downfall, if and when it strikes. Yes, the natural reasons are there but what makes India more prone is the lack of an efficient Disaster Management System. Whenever any thing happens, whether natural or man made, Indian system falls like a pack of cards costing billions in most of the cases. It is estimated that since 2000, India has suffered an economic loss of $18 billion because of 10 disasters.
Modern India has been battered and bruised by the world’s most severe droughts, famine, cyclones, earthquakes, chemical disasters, mid-air head-on air collisions, rail and road accidents, not to forget that it has been cornered from all directions with cross border terrorism. And what makes India more susceptible to risks is it’s geography. As per many geographic surveys; nearly 60% of the entire Indian landscape is susceptible to seismic damage in varying degrees. The scenario looks all the more grim when one takes into account the average area affected by floods every year. On an average about 8 million hectares of landscape is destroyed by flood. And of the nearly 7,500 kilometers long coastline, approximately 5,700 kilometers is vulnerable to cyclones while 68% of India is at risk of drought.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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