Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, droughts, famines and various epidemics have existed in this world for millions of years.
However, many epidemics such as plague and smallpox have now been brought under control, and these epidemics have killed millions of people in a short period of time.
However, major natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and to some extent epidemics have not yet survived.
Climate change has been accelerating around the world since the 19th century, and its effects have been felt in various parts of the world since 2000.
As a result, a country like the Maldives will be submerged in two decades, while about 20% of Bangladesh is predicted to be flooded. Natural disasters in Pakistan also started from the 1990s. From 1997 to 2003, there was severe drought in the rainfed areas of Balochistan and Sindh.
Then came the hurricane, the worst earthquake in Azad Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2005 and the earthquake in Ziarat in 2008.
And in 2010 came the terrible and devastating flood of history,
In 2011, floods hit Sindh and dengue virus appeared in Punjab.
These disasters suggest that in the near future we may face such natural disasters again.
Therefore, the federal and provincial governments should make a comprehensive plan in this regard. Aid and cooperation since 2005 suggests that aid from developed countries to natural disasters for natural disasters is gradually declining.
In terms of earthquakes, the countries of the region are China, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and other areas where earthquakes have always been devastating.
In terms of floods and storms, Bangladesh, India, China, Maldives and Nepal are the countries where floods occur as a major natural disaster.
The SAARC Summit in Nepal in November 2011 also decided that SAARC countries should adopt a joint strategy for natural disasters. Apart from SAARC, Pakistan is also an ECO member.
In addition to Pakistan, Iran and Turkey, Afghanistan and Central Asian countries are included. Pakistan should adopt a joint planning and strategy for natural disasters with the cooperation of these countries.
Thus, in the event of any natural calamity in the form of earthquakes and floods in Pakistan in the future, immediate assistance will be received from the regional countries and the problems will be overcome soon.
At the national level, the institutional value of the National Disaster Management Authority has been strengthened. But there is a need to strengthen and mobilize this institution at the provincial level as well.
At the community level, public awareness of natural disasters and their prevention should be raised, and the spirit of self-help should be promoted as much as possible instead of aid.
In addition, Scouts, Girl Guides and Civil Defense agencies should be strengthened and activated.
Pakistan, Indonesia and Japan have been among the countries most affected by natural disasters worldwide since 2001.
The worst earthquake in Pakistan on October 8, 2005 and the catastrophic floods of 2010 broke all records of the last decades.
In addition, he contracted the dengue fever epidemic in Punjab in 2011, especially in Lahore, and thousands of people were infected. By the end of November, the death toll from the dengue virus had risen to about 700, but the dengue menace was over. Could not be
Lahore, especially Punjab, suffered billions of rupees in economic losses due to dengue.
Although natural disasters struck Japan, the United States, China, Thailand, Turkey and Brazil in 2011, the traces of the natural disasters that befell us will remain green on this earth and in the hearts of the people for a while.
We have the bitter truth that the most obvious effects of climate and climate change around the world have begun in the first decade of the century in the form of severe natural disasters.
On our shores, Karachi, a city of 20 million people, which carries 80% of the country’s industry and business, on the other hand, is Deep Sea Port and the emerging city of Gwadar.
Its shores have been littered with mud for centuries which the locals still call the eye of the sea.
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