It's so much fun when we decide to have a trip to a place
which gives you a peace of mind and also a relief from everyday life. Sometimes
it becomes someone's dream to visit a certain place once in his lifespan,
especially sacred places. They take leave from work, pack their bags and with
full enthusiasm get on towards their destination. But who knew that such a
journey can also become someone's last journey.
Most of us are aware about what happened at Uttarakhand in
last few days. Such a tragic turn it took....Since last 15 days of vacation I
was in Dehradun, my native place where we met some conditions due to which we
didn't had much fun there....but during our last days we met such conditions
that I haven't seen in my life yet. It rained continuously for four days, breaking
a record of 88 years. So you can easily imagine what kind of situation it would
be- landslides, falling of trees but also an invitation to water-borne diseases
but what about those who took so much risk to travel through the dangerous
valleys of Badrinath-Kedarnath just to find salvation.
It was a sudden shock for those who were already there at
Kedarnath, Rudraprayag and Gaurikund and near Gauchar, Uttarkashi where a
continuous flow of traffic was going upwards and was not an easy to put a stop
over it. At the night of 15th June, a sudden flow of water through Himalayas
washed of everything which came in its way. People, just to save their life got
into the Kedarnath temple premises but who knew that even this sacred place was
not safe from this natural disaster and which took away several lives.
From the very next day, disastrous news about these floods
and landslides. Here I would like to appreciate the efforts made by the media,
whether it is for increasing TV ratings....but then also that reporters are
taking an initiative to know the condition of people there, connecting them
with their loved ones keep their lives in risk. But now getting on to the
topic...I was totally shocked that even such things can happen, people grieving
for their lost ones, starving for food and water with all their belongings
shattered off.
Then even the other state governments stepped forward for
helping the tourists by sending helicopters, providing food, announcing
donations for them....even our president Mr. Pranab Mukherjee gave his salary.
And this sequence is still in motion; CRPF personnel’s donated their one day
salary. You'll find all these things as a sign that they have a sense of care
for them but what was actually happening during this tragic incident.
There took place a shameful event, while the time the
premises of Kedarnath were cleared.....the people who belonged to nearby
village just looted the donations from the temple. Not only this....money &
jewelry from dead bodies were taken away by the villagers as well....revealed
by some of the victims. Also its the time when all things should be made
available to the victims at a low price but the thing went in opposite side,
things are sold at much higher costs which made them more helpless.
To be continued.............
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