It was the last Tuesday night(21-04-2015) when several districts of Bihar (Dagarua, Dhamdaha, Baisi, Purnia and Krityanand Nagar blocks.) got heavy storm. As per the government figures there were 40 people died and 100 injured due to this.
Mine own district Madhubani also had some affect, i checked with my father today and he told that though none of the person had lost life in our village but one family who was not living in the village but made a house in Pandaul had one person died and two injured. Their house was built near a mill which high wall fall in the storm on their house. Out of three persons in the family the father died on the spot while the son and mother survived with some injury.
Apart from the un-repairable damage to the families due to the loss of the near and dear ones, the other worst thing that happened is the loss of corps.
India Meteorological Department Patna is blaming the weather reporting machine which was showing that wind would come with a speed of 65-70 KMPH while the actual speed was around 80 KMPH which had taken lives and destroyed corps and residence. Further comment which came from the Director of IMD Patna was that a warning was updated on the website at 8PM but the fax could not be sent.
Now there are two points of concern, why the information has been updated at 8 PM when the storm hit the districts at 10:30 PM. Can this gap between the hit and alert be increased?
Also we need to find the better way of communicating the information. Since this is the age of IT then how come such a critical information has not reached the people at the right time.
While stating that the warning has been updated on the website at 8 PM, IMD Patna is making fun of itself. Are not they aware of the internet penetration in the Bihar villages. Some people may have computer and laptops in their houses but internet still did not reach there. For a moment just assume that the internet is there what the chances of a village person to give a hit on the website of IMD at 8 in the night. We surely need to find a better way of communication.
Another thing which we want to know, when and how the department came to know about the upcoming disaster? What tools they are using to get the information in advance? What is the source of the information? Can these tools and sources be made more efficient?
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