Nature’s Fury

As published in free press on 22th March 2011

Nature has once again shown humans their place. It was just a wave aroused due to some turbulence beneath the sea which washed away the giant ego of little human who is surviving  on  the earth  by the delicate and miraculous balance of all the  five elements of life. Individually these elements are fatal but their right mix create this life mix, of which the humans are  the most capable and equipped lot. Whatever happened in Japan  was nothing but the  Pralaya  on display, test fired on those who were best prepared for it. It should be an eye opener for the whole world , specially those who claim to have conquered the earth, the moon, the mars and what not. It should make the world less hostile and more spiritual.

It is not worthwhile  to compare the efficacy of disaster handling mechanism  of India with that of Japan. We are excellent planners and have some of the best DR plans with us but their testing and implementation is not done properly. The customary Mock drills are carried out with the belief that real disaster is never going to happen. When  the news of nuclear  leakage in Japan hit the headlines,  we were very quick in confirming that our Nuclear reactors are safe and disaster proof. It is the same bureaucratic pattern of confirmation on the basis of which Shri C.V.Thomas was appointed as CVC. We understand that the Government and the Prime minister has to rely on the downline hierarchy but after the Japan’s disaster a fresh review of safety of nuclear reactor in India should be made and a high power experts panel  should be constituted to oversee the disaster facing and recovery status of our Nuclear reactors. This is more important in the background of our ambitious civil nuclear expansion program fueled by Indo-US Civil nuclear agreement.

Bharat Sharma

C-44/8 Rishinagar Extension

Ujjain