Re: Comparing NYC & Lahore : Rain & Flood
There is always room for improvement. Always. I’d like to imagine that you are probably in a better position to judge how badly India would’ve been hit if you take the current precautions out of the equation. And unfortunately, in case of Pakistan, we don’t have any system (not even quarter of those precautions) in place, except for ample photo ops opportunities for failed showmen like Shahbaz Sharif, who rather do well calculated and often fraudulent ‘flood relief’ work every year for the cameras, than devise a comprehensive plan to deal to minimise the damages beforehand. Despite having absolute power, time and big budget! As with your don’t blame Nawaz Sharif plea, this is his party’s seventh consecutive year of governance in Punjab and second or third major flood in last seven years, of course they knew what they were up against. Did he or his party implement a single proposal or rectify the mistakes and criminal negligences pointed out in the committed formed after the 2009 floods?
Now that floods have caused such massive scale devastation, let’s see if this Nawaz Sharif proposes any water management policy whatsoever. So far he has hasn’t even faintly touched upon this issue in any his thoroughly rehearsed media interactions despite the criticism.