Now it is time to move to the next step in disaster management — relief, and that includes proactively tackling the health problems likely to arise as the floodwaters recede.”On his Facebook page, a tax official hailing from Kerala lauded the spirit of the fishermen who voluntarily and spontaneously came with their boats to rescue stranded people. Some other worthies tried to publicly insinuate that Kerala may be facing the wrath of Lord Ayyappa due to efforts to let menstruating women enter the Sabarimala temple. The town has turned its church, temple and madrasa into relief camps to help provide shelter to flood victims in Kodagu district. Or the elderly woman who was rescued in a cooking vessel after her home was flooded in Thrissur.The people of Kerala have already shown they will not let the bigots win. The Indian Police Service Association tweeted a picture of a policeman rescuing a newborn baby. (Photo: PTI) The worst floods in a century in Kerala have left hundreds of people dead, many missing and lakhs taking shelter in relief camps. An Indian-origin academic sitting in the United States advises his followers on the social media to donate only to “Hindus from Kerala”.

Many roads have cracked open, many residents forced into shelters and the coffee plantations — the backbone of the local economy — may take years to recover. kept things going. By all accounts, Kerala is pulling out all stops to prevent disease outbreaks, especially of infectious diseases caused by unclean and stagnant water — diarrhoea, malaria, dengue, chikunguniya and so on. China jumbo squishies toy Factory An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala.The good news is that such poison has been ignored by most people in Kerala. In Aluva district, the Indian Navy airlifted a pregnant woman paralysed from the waist down and flew her to safety. Here is a good example of how to manage disasters.Or that of the doctor from Kerala who postponed his marriage and moved to a relief camp to treat flood victims. An eight-year-old girl in neighbouring Tamil Nadu donated all the money she had been saving for four years to buy a bicycle to help the disaster relief effort. Food for everyone is being cooked in the madrasa and carried to the temple and church. A college-going girl from Thrissur, who had faced vicious online trolling when the media reported that she travelled long distances to sell fish for a living, has contributed Rs 1. And yet, as numerous stories filtering in show, the disaster has also brought the bigots crawling out of the woodwork. The local community in the forefront supported by the forces of the government. There is every reason for confidence that together they will win through the next stages too. Our village was not affected though water levels were rising. People who have lost all can think of others even in their hour of sorrow. The state will take years to recover. Medical teams are working round the clock at all relief camps and the health department has issued advisories to help prevent infections. This is the genius of India. pu squishy keychain toys Factory The massive rescue carried out by the fishermen of Kerala reminded me of Dunkirk. But watching the images and listening to stories from thousands of miles away, another thing has also become clear — goodness has gone viral. It has brought out the worst in many people who seek to sharpen the various divides — political, religious, geographical — that exist in the country