Cyclone Arnab: 'zero loss of life' ka lakshya, asli imtihaan zameen par
Centre aur rajya sarkaaron ne Arnab se pehle badi taiyari dikhayi hai. Ab agle 36 ghante tay karenge ki yeh taiyari kaagaz par hai ya gaon-gaon tak pahunchi hai.
Cyclone Arnab ke 28 October ki subah Yanam ke paas Andhra coast paar karne ka anuman hai, aur IMD ke mutabik landfall par hawa 115–125 km/h tak, jhonke 140 km/h tak ho sakte hain. Isi beech Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan ki adhyakshata mein National Crisis Management Committee ki baithak hui, jismein agencies ko 'zero loss of life' ka lakshya diya gaya. Army, Navy, Air Force aur Coast Guard ko standby par rakha gaya hai.
Yeh sahi disha hai. Odisha ne 1999 ke super cyclone ke baad jo sabak seekhe, unhone dikhaya ki samay par evacuation aur cyclone shelters hazaron jaanein bacha sakte hain. Andhra Pradesh ne lagbhag 5.7 lakh logon ko vulnerable maana hai aur Somvaar shaam se evacuation shuru karne ki baat kahi hai. Odisha ne paanch zilon mein school-college band kiye hain aur 300 se zyada response teams taiyar ki hain.
Lekin asli chunauti aakhri mile ki hai — machhuaare jo samundar mein hain, buzurg aur bimaar jo ghar chhodne se katrate hain, aur woh basti jahan alert ka SMS nahi pahunchta. 1 se 1.5 metre tak ka storm surge Kakinada, East Godavari aur Yanam ke nichle ilaakon ke liye khatra ban sakta hai. Yahan ek bhi chook bhaari padegi.
Hamari raay hai ki sarkaarein evacuation ke aankde nahi, nateeje dikhayein — har shelter mein khana, paani, dawa aur bijli ka backup ho, aur landfall ke baad bijli-sadak ki bahaali utni hi tezi se ho. Taiyari ki taareef tab hogi jab 29 October ki subah koi bura samachar na aaye.