Don't Play with Mother Nature - the Lessons of Uttarakhand Tragedy!!!

The words of Sunderlal Bahuguna when he warned the government against building Tehri dam have come true today. What else can we say other than that we are reaping the fruits of our own actions!

I have just submitted an article on this very issue, hope it is published as soon as possible.

CAG has warned 3 years ago that the innumerable hydro electricity projects in the area are going to be the nemesis to the mankind. But the rulers looked the other way.
“An injured nature naturally wreaked vengeance.”

CAG has warned 3 years ago that the innumerable hydro electricity projects in the area are going to be the nemesis to the mankind. But the rulers looked the other way.
“An injured nature naturally wreaked vengeance.”

Such warnings came decades back but our the then government hired Russian experts who reported that there was no harm if we went ahead with Tehri Dam project. I simply shiver at the idea in case it bursts one day, taking almost whole north India under it. We shall be the worst sufferers.

CAG has warned 3 years ago that the innumerable hydro electricity projects in the area are going to be the nemesis to the mankind. But the rulers looked the other way.
“An injured nature naturally wreaked vengeance.”

Such warnings came decades back but our the then government hired Russian experts who reported that there was no harm if we went ahead with Tehri Dam project. I simply shiver at the idea in case it bursts one day, taking almost whole north India under it. We shall be the worst sufferers.

Government hires those experts who parrot its views. That one day Tehri dam will prove disastrous is a truth. By the time people and the experts realize it. It will be too late.

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

The advancements and availability of equipment to study environment etc have not helped us at all, only because the studies and observations done by many environmentalists and their suggestions have been dismissed and disregarded for the last so many decades! Unless we take this calamity as the final wake up call and put a stop to so-called developmental activities, we cannot be saved!

No doubt, playing with nature plays havoc. In a way, protecting environment means that we go back to pre industrial revolution era, stop constructing dams and buildings. Perhaps, this is also not practicable as we are used to a different life style. There is need to maintain a balance between needs for protecting environment and forests/ wild life and development.

As regards CAG 's comments, I feel that this is outside his purview. He has no business to comment on policy matters. Basically, he is there to check that the expenditure is according to sanction by competent authority and rules framed by parliament and other competent authorities are not violated. Going beyond this is outside his authority.

No doubt, playing with nature plays havoc. In a way, protecting environment means that we go back to pre industrial revolution era, stop constructing dams and buildings. Perhaps, this is also not practicable as we are used to a different life style. There is need to maintain a balance between needs for protecting environment and forests/ wild life and development.

As regards CAG 's comments, I feel that this is outside his purview. He has no business to comment on policy matters. Basically, he is there to check that the expenditure is according to sanction by competent authority and rules framed by parliament and other competent authorities are not violated. Going beyond this is outside his authority.

Perhaps, owing to this reason (Cag's unnecessary intervention), government didn't pay heed to its report. I wonder how a body like CAG can violate its limits. And they are on the increase.

No doubt, playing with nature plays havoc. In a way, protecting environment means that we go back to pre industrial revolution era, stop constructing dams and buildings. Perhaps, this is also not practicable as we are used to a different life style. There is need to maintain a balance between needs for protecting environment and forests/ wild life and development.

As regards CAG 's comments, I feel that this is outside his purview. He has no business to comment on policy matters. Basically, he is there to check that the expenditure is according to sanction by competent authority and rules framed by parliament and other competent authorities are not violated. Going beyond this is outside his authority.

Perhaps, owing to this reason (Cag's unnecessary intervention), government didn't pay heed to its report. I wonder how a body like CAG can violate its limits. And they are on the increase.

The last C&AG Vinod Rai exceeded his limits. Comptroller & Auditor general is a statutory post. He is head of Indian Audit & Accounts Department. He is responsible to verify that revenue and expenditure are properly accounted for, expenditure is in accordance with sanction by competent authority. He cannot say what the policy should be. He is not policy maker. However he can suggest way to better financial planning which means how same results could be obtained with less expenses.

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

The advancements and availability of equipment to study environment etc have not helped us at all, only because the studies and observations done by many environmentalists and their suggestions have been dismissed and disregarded for the last so many decades! Unless we take this calamity as the final wake up call and put a stop to so-called developmental activities, we cannot be saved!

Somewhere things are very wrong with our country Kalyani, otherwise if other countries are able to manage pretty well , why not us? The major problem is the attitude of the people who dont think beyond themselves and our politicians come from the same breed of people...like people like leader !

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

I am agree. what is happen in Uttarakhand in counter attack of nature.

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

I am agree. what is happen in Uttarakhand in counter attack of nature.

Both government and people are responsible for this hitherto unheard of disaster.

There have been far too many natural disasters and calmities in the past decade which goes to show that we have crossed the limits laid by Nature ...There is a refernece to such calamities happening as part of Kaliyuga in our scriptures, probably the wise men who wrote them had already foreseen what human beings were capable of and how they would wreck the eco balance in a few centuries down the line...we see it coming true now..

There have been far too many natural disasters and calmities in the past decade which goes to show that we have crossed the limits laid by Nature ...There is a refernece to such calamities happening as part of Kaliyuga in our scriptures, probably the wise men who wrote them had already foreseen what human beings were capable of and how they would wreck the eco balance in a few centuries down the line...we see it coming true now..

If you go by the Hindu scriptures, we are helpless. Kaliyug is last stage of universe after which there is doom (pralaya). In due course, there will be another creation and the sequence of Yugas- Sat, Dwapr, Treta and Kaliyug will again commence and ultimately another doom. So be at peace and do not worry. Let what happens happen.

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

The advancements and availability of equipment to study environment etc have not helped us at all, only because the studies and observations done by many environmentalists and their suggestions have been dismissed and disregarded for the last so many decades! Unless we take this calamity as the final wake up call and put a stop to so-called developmental activities, we cannot be saved!

Somewhere things are very wrong with our country Kalyani, otherwise if other countries are able to manage pretty well , why not us? The major problem is the attitude of the people who dont think beyond themselves and our politicians come from the same breed of people...like people like leader !

Very true Usha!!! The most fundamental problem of our country is total lack of immaturity and inability to setting our priorities right! I have said this before also and am saying it again, our national leaders, bureaucrats, politicians and of course, the people are totally ignorant about priorities. This is the reason why Bollywood, cricket tops over everything else that include famine, floods, personal security et al. Take for example, our team won Champion's Trophy and immediately BCCI has announced each player will be rewarded with 1 crore each. The Jawans who died in Uttarakhand will get only 10,00,000 or thereabouts. Most of these jawans come from poor farming families and there families are totally dependent on their meager incomes. This amount will hardly help their families much! And the cricketers who are already rich will grown only more rich. And BCCI that is very rich has not yet taken any steps to help Uttarakhand victims!

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

The advancements and availability of equipment to study environment etc have not helped us at all, only because the studies and observations done by many environmentalists and their suggestions have been dismissed and disregarded for the last so many decades! Unless we take this calamity as the final wake up call and put a stop to so-called developmental activities, we cannot be saved!

Somewhere things are very wrong with our country Kalyani, otherwise if other countries are able to manage pretty well , why not us? The major problem is the attitude of the people who dont think beyond themselves and our politicians come from the same breed of people...like people like leader !

Very true Usha!!! The most fundamental problem of our country is total lack of immaturity and inability to setting our priorities right! I have said this before also and am saying it again, our national leaders, bureaucrats, politicians and of course, the people are totally ignorant about priorities. This is the reason why Bollywood, cricket tops over everything else that include famine, floods, personal security et al. Take for example, our team won Champion's Trophy and immediately BCCI has announced each player will be rewarded with 1 crore each. The Jawans who died in Uttarakhand will get only 10,00,000 or thereabouts. Most of these jawans come from poor farming families and there families are totally dependent on their meager incomes. This amount will hardly help their families much! And the cricketers who are already rich will grown only more rich. And BCCI that is very rich has not yet taken any steps to help Uttarakhand victims!

This is something that made my blood boil as well, cant the BCCI cut a percentage from what it proposes to give the cricketers and donate it for the jawans since the government is doing its bit ???for the flood victims

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

The advancements and availability of equipment to study environment etc have not helped us at all, only because the studies and observations done by many environmentalists and their suggestions have been dismissed and disregarded for the last so many decades! Unless we take this calamity as the final wake up call and put a stop to so-called developmental activities, we cannot be saved!

Somewhere things are very wrong with our country Kalyani, otherwise if other countries are able to manage pretty well , why not us? The major problem is the attitude of the people who dont think beyond themselves and our politicians come from the same breed of people...like people like leader !

Very true Usha!!! The most fundamental problem of our country is total lack of immaturity and inability to setting our priorities right! I have said this before also and am saying it again, our national leaders, bureaucrats, politicians and of course, the people are totally ignorant about priorities. This is the reason why Bollywood, cricket tops over everything else that include famine, floods, personal security et al. Take for example, our team won Champion's Trophy and immediately BCCI has announced each player will be rewarded with 1 crore each. The Jawans who died in Uttarakhand will get only 10,00,000 or thereabouts. Most of these jawans come from poor farming families and there families are totally dependent on their meager incomes. This amount will hardly help their families much! And the cricketers who are already rich will grown only more rich. And BCCI that is very rich has not yet taken any steps to help Uttarakhand victims!

This is something that made my blood boil as well, cant the BCCI cut a percentage from what it proposes to give the cricketers and donate it for the jawans since the government is doing its bit ???for the flood victims

Bhuvaneswar Kumar, the pace bowler and a member of the victorious team that won Champions trophy has donated 1 lakh Rupees to the Uttara Khand victims as per today's news of Indian express.

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

The advancements and availability of equipment to study environment etc have not helped us at all, only because the studies and observations done by many environmentalists and their suggestions have been dismissed and disregarded for the last so many decades! Unless we take this calamity as the final wake up call and put a stop to so-called developmental activities, we cannot be saved!

Somewhere things are very wrong with our country Kalyani, otherwise if other countries are able to manage pretty well , why not us? The major problem is the attitude of the people who dont think beyond themselves and our politicians come from the same breed of people...like people like leader !

Very true Usha!!! The most fundamental problem of our country is total lack of immaturity and inability to setting our priorities right! I have said this before also and am saying it again, our national leaders, bureaucrats, politicians and of course, the people are totally ignorant about priorities. This is the reason why Bollywood, cricket tops over everything else that include famine, floods, personal security et al. Take for example, our team won Champion's Trophy and immediately BCCI has announced each player will be rewarded with 1 crore each. The Jawans who died in Uttarakhand will get only 10,00,000 or thereabouts. Most of these jawans come from poor farming families and there families are totally dependent on their meager incomes. This amount will hardly help their families much! And the cricketers who are already rich will grown only more rich. And BCCI that is very rich has not yet taken any steps to help Uttarakhand victims!

This is something that made my blood boil as well, cant the BCCI cut a percentage from what it proposes to give the cricketers and donate it for the jawans since the government is doing its bit ???for the flood victims

Bhuvaneswar Kumar, the pace bowler and a member of the victorious team that won Champions trophy has donated 1 lakh Rupees to the Uttara Khand victims as per today's news of Indian express.

I am proud to announce that Bhuvneshwar Kumar belongs to my town, he has set an example for others to follow.

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

Today we are technologically so much more advanced and there have been several srudies conducted on the environment and the ecological balance that needs to be maintained, but one wondrs whether it has helped us? Human greed overtakes all knowledge and everything else, and only mother nature can teach us a lesson ! We will continue to have such tragedies as long as we go on abusing nature ...

The advancements and availability of equipment to study environment etc have not helped us at all, only because the studies and observations done by many environmentalists and their suggestions have been dismissed and disregarded for the last so many decades! Unless we take this calamity as the final wake up call and put a stop to so-called developmental activities, we cannot be saved!

Somewhere things are very wrong with our country Kalyani, otherwise if other countries are able to manage pretty well , why not us? The major problem is the attitude of the people who dont think beyond themselves and our politicians come from the same breed of people...like people like leader !

Very true Usha!!! The most fundamental problem of our country is total lack of immaturity and inability to setting our priorities right! I have said this before also and am saying it again, our national leaders, bureaucrats, politicians and of course, the people are totally ignorant about priorities. This is the reason why Bollywood, cricket tops over everything else that include famine, floods, personal security et al. Take for example, our team won Champion's Trophy and immediately BCCI has announced each player will be rewarded with 1 crore each. The Jawans who died in Uttarakhand will get only 10,00,000 or thereabouts. Most of these jawans come from poor farming families and there families are totally dependent on their meager incomes. This amount will hardly help their families much! And the cricketers who are already rich will grown only more rich. And BCCI that is very rich has not yet taken any steps to help Uttarakhand victims!

This is something that made my blood boil as well, cant the BCCI cut a percentage from what it proposes to give the cricketers and donate it for the jawans since the government is doing its bit ???for the flood victims

Bhuvaneswar Kumar, the pace bowler and a member of the victorious team that won Champions trophy has donated 1 lakh Rupees to the Uttara Khand victims as per today's news of Indian express.

I am proud to announce that Bhuvneshwar Kumar belongs to my town, he has set an example for others to follow.

Why not ? You have every reason to be proud of. Besides, you are one of the early initiators who led the way to collect donations from our Boddunan and already sent the amount to PMRF..

Mother Nature has been patient and forgiving for too long and now she can't take any more!! That's is precisely her stern message. The unimaginable scale of destruction and death in the region is all what we reaping out our unsustainable developmental architecture. What do you think?

I am agree. what is happen in Uttarakhand in counter attack of nature.

Both government and people are responsible for this hitherto unheard of disaster.

Government is more responsible for it. If they want they can stop injustice with nature.