--- On Sun, 31/8/08, pradeep kumar mishra <drpradeepkmishra@...> wrote:
From: pradeep kumar mishra <drpradeepkmishra@...>
Subject: Bihar floods & NOBA
To: poornashram@...
Date: Sunday, 31 August, 2008, 1:19 PM




#yiv719486278 .hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;padding:0px;}
#yiv719486278 {
FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;}

Dear Bajrang jee,

 

The devastation caused in northeast Bihar by recent floods in Kosi river is
unfolding slowly in gigantic proportion.Both the longterm and short-term effects
of the floods are going to be felt more acutely when the flood waters have
receded. By then, several thousand would have lost their lives and livelihood.
There would be disease, poverty and hunger all around for months if not years to
come.

It is indeed a travesty of nature to inflict this on an already impoverished
people of this unfotunate state. In this hour NOBA must not sit idle. It is not
only our moral obligation but indeed our duty to help in whatever manner we can.
So I suggest as follows:

 

PHASE 1.

(a) Formation of an action and coordination committee at the earliest

(b) Thrashing out long and short-term plans of action

(c) Both geographical and practical areas to be decided ( my own view is clean
drinking water and Oral Hydration Therapy sachet distribution, modalities can be
chalked out, other views should be discussed. I cannot say much about the
geographical area as I do not it very well)

(d) Execution of the action plan by devolving a chain of right minded
coordinators upto the grass root level) includes various aspects of resource
identification, allocation and collection of funds etc. 

(e) Careful selection of the distribution agency ( my own view is the army
personnel, we should try to keep politicians and local administration out of it
if possible)

 

PHASE 2.

Because the impact of the aftermath of the floods is mainly going to be
infectious diseases particularly gastro-intestinal, malaria, and chest ailments.
We must decide NOW when and where to arrange health camps. It is not IF, it
must be our next plan of action. How we can do this is again a matter for
discussion and chalking out the timing, the place, the personnel and the
resources etc.

 

My view is that those NOBA members or affliated NOBA members who are
either affected directly(they have their close connection on day to day basis)
or indirectly (who live away permanently from the affected areas but were born
and brought up there )or  studying in Delhi or working here should be involved
to get a better view on daily basis right from the start. I also think that even
small efforts can make big difference to peoples' lives in affected areas.

 

With kind regards,

 

Pradeep Mishra (1962 batch)

 

Searching for weekend getaways? Try Live.com Try it!



Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at
http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]