OPINION: Winters not less than natural disaster for poor
Author(s): Harish K. MongaProtecting from cold wave. Major part of the country is shivering with cold with the minimum temperature of 0.7 degree recorded yesterday. A number of records have been established during the current season including...
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Jan 5, 2013 12:30
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Protecting from cold wave.
Major part of the country is shivering with cold with the minimum temperature of 0.7 degree recorded yesterday.
A number of records have been established during the current season including Punjab, Delhi , and Rajasthan. With the icy wind and dense fog, the extremely harsh weather conditions, the speed of normal life looks to be slow but not stopped. The depleted sunshine has forced people to cover themselves with caps, mufflers, gloves and long coats while moving out.
The Metrological department has predicted that this spell of bone-chilling cold would continue for most part of the week, and there are good chances that fog may reappear. The visibility during these days become poor, flights, trains are cancelled or running late hours.
The entire North Indian region is shivering due to intense cold wave, which has claimed more than 100 lives by now.
In coming 15 days, the dropped temperature would continue and normally it starts reducing after the Lohri and goes upto the mid of February. It does not make news unless and until there is breaking of previous records.
Those who lives in posh houses, in offices with heaters on, moving out with warm pull overs and taking food of winter season, cannot imagine as to how difficult is to live without sweaters, blankets. More so, when the daily wagers cannot earn for their food as the sales are down on the road side shops. The winter is more painful when the poor lives under the roof of sky and the number of such persons is lakhs in India and there are also deaths due the winter season.
No doubt, certain social organisations come forward to help the poor during the winter season but as to what arrangements the governments are making for such class and the shelters like Rain Basera are not sufficient enough, rather negligible, for the comforts of poor existing in India . Moreover, there are not sufficient arrangements in these shelters, to face the chilly winds. This is the reason that the winter is not less than natural disaster for poor.
