If India were Japan..

WELL SAID SULAGNA I AGREE WITH YOU.  WHATEVER YOU SAID IS JUST THE WAY OF MAKING UP OURSELVES PSYCHOLOGICALLY STRONG, IF IN CASE INDIA FACES SUCH SITUATION, WE SHALL BE
PREPARED TO FACE SUCH UNTOWARD INCIDENT.  THERE IS NO NEGATIVITY IN YOUR STATEMENT.  HERE NOBODY IS A KID TO BE CAJOLED AND YOU DROVE HOME THE POINT THAT ITS JUST THE WAY
OF MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF UNTOWARD INCIDENT. SIMPLE.

Dhingraji,  I would kindly request you to refrain from personal attacks.  Kindly report 'Abuse' in case you do not like a topic.  Thanks in advance.

Folks, I respect all those who support NO and say that India could also have handled the disaster well. Here are ten things which came out well in Japan. Please analyse (without any prejudice or national pride) whether we can match each one of them. (This was a forward received by me).

Also think of what steps we have taken till date after the Gujarat earthquake and the tsunami.  And the way we handled the couple of terrorists holed up in those two hotels in Mumbai (we did not even try to do an Israel act).

And please, let us not live singing glories about our past.  We should strive to achieve our past and regain our lost glories.

Finally, I think there is no harm in learning from others.  My salutes to the Japanese.

So here it goes:

Ten things to learn from Japan-

1. THE CALM Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

2. THE DIGNITY Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. THE ABILITY The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.

4. THE GRACE People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. THE ORDER No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. THE SACRIFICE Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

7. THE TENDERNESS Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

8. THE TRAINING The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

9. THE MEDIA They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

10. THE CONSCIENCE When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly!

Fresh Shock for Japan

Again today on 7th April a massive earthquake of 7.1 magnitude also hit off coast of Japan. Tsunami warning was also issued earlier, but later cancelled.

Japan is yet to arise out of the trauma of the last earthquake, Tsunami and the large scale leakage of the radio-activity from Fukushima Nuclear plants.

Yes Mr. Vikash. Lessons are learned through accidents / incidents (you may call it Disaster / Catastrophic). Nobody comes with every thing known. They learn it by experience. Japan event is also, a lesson for everybody. After the explosion of the Nuclear reactors, now, Indian Atomic Energy Commission is reviewing its Emergency preparedness in the light of Japan's occurence This was told by its director Mr. Jain. Expecting the unexpected is the basis of Risk Analysis. So does go everywhere.

If you browse around all information & discussions on Supermoon & its effect on Earth, you will go mad to come to a conclusion. So many inferrences & predictions. But, no concrete formulae, its all, based on inferences(observations) from the past 05 events occurred. Many say it is a coincidence .But Scientist strongly says, it has no bearing on these geologiocal happenings.

LET US TOO LEARN NEW LESSONS FROM THIS AND BE PREPARRED FOR ANY EVENTUALITY.

i think preparation must be done through the development stage .. Japan was successful doing so and we r planning to do it after development. dont knw hw far it wrks

respect bbc for this

agreed Japan was prepared for disasters due to earthquakes but India has started getting preparation only after last Gujrat earthquake...

Dear Mr. Dhingra,

When Japan is reeling under grief and sorrow & look for rehabilitation. Let us see & watch what media (Click for Link) in other parts of the World does. Astronomy , Astrology& predictions are the other domain of knowledge that we can not neglect .

Madam, there is no comparison in JAPAN and INDIA as in japan earth quakes is a normal feature of ther life and that's why buildings are build up keeping this fact in view. SO we can not or we must not try to compare those things in different situations.

But in any case the devastation in india will be more dagerous  nad cost more human lifes.

Kavitha you cannot fight with nature. We are in the process of taking everything that nature provides but what we return is green house gas so it will revolt and revolt more frequently where in all of us, if stay alive will suffer. 

Hey,

We have Emergency preparedness at National , Regional(state) level or even to district levels. Foreseeable emergencies are visualized by Experts in this field and, accordingly, Emergency Rescue Plan are carried out by Emergency Rescue Team. Periodically, simulated (mock ) event is also, conducted by these people. It involves teams such as Civil aids, Air force, Police, Military, Hospitals, Ambulance services and all voluntary organizations like Red cross etc. Not merely that, they also have an alternative plan prepared . These exercises, also, aim to pool up resources from outside, if required. These mock drills are sometime sand model type (Table top) discussion & many a time, they try it in actual in controlled situation by involving all concerned.

Moreover, you are aware that, after Tsunami in Indonesia, they installed a Tsunami Early Warning system in the Indian Ocean to protect Indian subcontinent. It includes to rise alarm to all havocs of all Classes such as storm, cyclone etc.

The natural risk analysis is being periodically analyzed and reviewed to ensure the required level of preparedness is maintained. It is a multi tier arrangement.

Construction in India is not as strong as Japan. (Bandra Worli Sea Link, Delhi Metro bridges are recent examples. Bandra Worli sea link had cracks within weeks after it was inagurated). There are hardly any earthqauke prone buildings.

Many people live in hillocks & shanties where there is no escape. Add to that the narrow streets, limited fire engines & obsolete equipment. Many rivers & sea faces have been submerged by builders. On top of that there are not many people are trained in disaster management.

Is there any doubt that the that the damage & casualties would have been far greater in India? If there is a tsunami in costal cities like Mumbai, it could lead to a grt loss. Hope the Indian govt. wakes up now & does something. 

Thank you Sulagna for supporting and understanding that what do I mean. The situation in India will be worse if something happens. Life is precious but uncertain we should to be well prepared for the consequences.

Sir The question is not the make hype but to make people aware.. Aware that anything can happen anytime and we are not even prepared. We know worst things can happen and we won't be able to do anything. We are not creating a hype, we are making people aware of what can happen!! I hope you understand that.

As I have said this I agree to it.. Life is precious but the bulidings and the costruction is perhaps to blame. I was inGujarat when the eathquake happened there and I saw a buliding fell down as if it was made of cards.. :(