Great article. But I fear it will remain in words only or be taken seriously by all concerned including we the people.
This explains that how a will to do something can be done without much fuss, expense etc. Just a clear direction (like yours) and understanding the importance of teaming up, can save a lot of human lifes, properties, disasters.
We don't ask for any extra ordinary efforts, just simple timely correct information. I would even question why only limit to Mumabai ? Does such catastrohpes occur in Mumbai only ? Such pro active systems could be helpful at the time of parliament attacks (delhi), Akshardham attacks (Gandhinagar), Earthquake (Gujarat), Tsumani (Tamil Nadu) and many such instances.
One example related to rumors is when earthquake happened in Gujarat. In the days to follow, somewhere I read that the total casualty would be as high as 1 lakh. This was said by none other than George Fernandes. Do we know the actual figures ? All taken into account it was somewhere around 20,000 or so ? How did it became 1 lakh - ONLY GEORGE FERNANDES CAN SAY ? Ah ! I relied on my secretaries assumption.
Anyway, very good article. May all understand this
