14/08/2026
Floods: When Nature Meets Human-Made Disorder
Every year in India, during the monsoon rains, floods in states such as Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra bring enormous volumes of water that devastate ordinary life. It is fair to call them natural disasters, but are we not also responsible for their devastating consequences because of the disorder inherent in human construction and development?
Absolutely. The blind race toward modern development has brought with it unplanned urbanization, poorly conceived projects, and, alongside them, rampant deforestation—all of which have inflicted a profound wound upon the natural balance. Concrete roads and impermeable surfaces obstruct the natural flow of rainwater, while the weak and inadequate drainage channels available for its discharge further intensify waterlogging and the severity of floods.
What deserves serious thought here is the lives of ordinary people who become victims of such catastrophic devastation. The destruction of lives, livelihoods, and homes completely shatters the balanced rhythm of their existence, after which returning to normal life itself becomes their greatest challenge.
Then comes government compensation—which can neither bring back a life that has been lost, nor restore destroyed homes to what they once were, nor fully alleviate the imbalance, anguish, and despair that people are forced to carry with them as they struggle to rebuild their lives.
The government formulates numerous policies and schemes to address such problems arising from human causes and allocates billions of rupees toward them; yet a lack of commitment in implementation, administrative apathy, and corruption hollow out the entire system from within. Consequently, every year, this disorder appears before us in a new form.
“The question, therefore, is this—why is it always the common person who remains helpless, afflicted, powerless, and distressed at every level in our country? Why is their life, their pain, and their suffering not valued by the system as much as their vote is—the very vote that gives birth to those who wield power in the country?”
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