Do you think that the Bengaluru’s flooding is a wake-up call for India’s policymakers? Comment (200 Words)
Refer - Financial Express
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IAS Parliament 2 years
KEY POINTS
· India Meteorological Department admitted that there is scope to improve forecasting for urban flooding episodes .
· The runaway pace of urbanisation has resulted in a frenetic pace of house and road building encroaching upon lakes, ponds and wetlands.
· It takes only a drizzle to bring metros to their knees as storm water drains are rarely de-silted in time and rainwater inundates roads and habitations.
· While there is an improvement in IMD’s predictions in this regard, accuracy is not high at a location-specific level.
· To provide advance information about flooding events, the IMD chief said there is a need to install more Doppler radars than the 34 that are currently in operation to at least 67 all over the country by 2025.
· The lack of risk-proof spatial and urban planning that can check uncontrolled housing expansion on lake beds and wetlands needs to be addressed.
· Gaps in the civic administration need to be plugged. Many of the concerned departments are highly prone to corruption.
· The travails of flood-hit Bengaluru call for a similar policy response. There is also the need to coordinate relief efforts with NGOs and social media-friendly private initiatives to survive the ravages of climate change.
PANDI SANTHOSH RAJA S 2 years
Kindly review
IAS Parliament 2 years
Try to explain how the flooding makes a wake up call and what are the parameters needs to be monitored. Keep Writing.
Tapasvi 2 years
Kindly review
IAS Parliament 2 years
Try to include data to support your arguments. Keep Writing.
K. V. A 2 years
Pls review
IAS Parliament 2 years
Good attempt. Keep Writing.
