Heat Wave
Long time back
in the era of B/W I was on some assignment in Gaya. While returning back from
Gaya I saw a road side water pipe line burst and children were making fun,
frolics and taking advantage of the damaged pipeline they all were bathing in
that. Their activities attracted me and I stopped my vehicle and went near them
and started taking pictures all in B/W and got one telling shot of one of the
child getting great respite from the intense heat in that shower. It is to be
noted that Gaya is supposed to be the hottest place during summer in our
country. So the burst of pipe was proved as a boon for them.
In
present scenario most of the states in our country are reeling under intense
heat wave even Jharkhand which is supposed to be greener and cool is also
facing severe spell of heat wave and the Government has issued yellow alert in
most of the district, junior classes in the schools are suspended and warning
of not to venture out into the open is issued for the denizens as temperature
soared to more than 40+ Centigrade at some place such as Behragora in East
Singhbhum district it has marked 47.1, this may cause heat strokes and death due
to heat stroke is also reported in locale dailies. People are facing double
whammy as the water tables are also
depleted to new low of 10 meters is causing severe water crisis in some of the parts
of the city especially for the
Apartments residents. In some of the areas people started vacating their
apartments this is a regular scenario every year like in North Bihar flood is a
perennial problem during every rainy season.
In my view the haphazard
mushrooming of buildings and severely cutting of trees has made the state a
jungle of concrete and Sun God is mercilessly hitting the earth as if he is
taking vengeance. As I remember Ranchi was called the 2nd or summer
capital of Bihar in 1960s had very pleasant weather. But slowly as the
population inflated the jungles are removed paving the ways for new buildings its
charm has gone. This is the problem of many cities, for example when I go to
Patna, Delhi or other cities my eyes become wide to see the haphazard
development of the cities. These entire crises are manmade so they are facing
the music now. I tried through my picture to get some respite from the intense
heat to my followers.
Text and Photo by-Ashok Karan,
Ashokkaran.blogspot.com,
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