Indian Army busy in rescue efforts and facing Stone Pelters

[Kloitra]

OK ...... delete off-topic images ..... @Kloitra

It is kind of sick, to use others great work to show off ours.

 

[kurup]

It is kind of sick, to use others great work to show off ours.

Exactly ... so it is better we delete the images and conversations related to it ..... otherwise this thread will be converted to a troll fest by you know who .

 

[sms]

Yes pls delete off topic stuff!!
We have plenty on our hands to praise.

 

[kurup]

@HariPrasad ...... please delete your post44 too .

 

[Ragnar]

Yes pls delete off topic stuff!!
We have plenty on our hands to praise.

Correct.. On topic:
Q: Kashmir aur biwi mein kya samanata hai?
A: Dono musibat hai, lekin padosi dekhe to gussa aata hai..

 

[kurup]

 

[sms]

 

[Joe Shearer]

Now you are assuming that this stone pelting is because of hatred, (it could be ) It could also be because of the difficulties they faced and they are upset with the authorities as they are not rescued yet...... Well there could also be a possibility of those "Strategic Assets" trying to regain their ground which they seems to be losing because of the efforts by army.....

But most probably the reason is in the bolded part...... They all are human being and want to be rescued As early as possible....

Thanks for the intervention.

I really hate these half-assed threads where a bunch of layabouts not involved and not informed sit and speculate, and come up with bright remarks like shoot the stone pelters. A little information would have avoided the whole bloody trouble.

At the outset, when the civil administration had practically collapsed, with all their assets and their disaster recovery equipment under several fathoms of water, and the Army moved in, there was enormous pressure from the relatives of holiday-makers and outsiders who had travelled to Srinagar on business and could not be traced. That pressure came in at personal levels, and also officially, until it became a serious handicap to rescue operations. A system was set up whereby any appeals for help in locating or evacuating outsiders was handled on priority and units at ground level were tasked to search out people from the indistinct fuzzy information provided and pull them out. Inevitably, this led to situations where a unit would move into a totally devastated locality and move past dozens of those affected, and head for a specific target, for an outsider individual, or an outsider family, or groups, and pull them out. They were focussed on what they had been told to do, and rightly so, but they were also insensitive, to the extent that pulling out eight people from a locality of a few thousands, some of which thousands were elderly, blood pressure or diabetic patients or infirm in other ways, or helpless infants, or the downright ill, was bound to breed resentment.

This triage was what created the resentment, and to a foolish but understandable tendency to say that the Indian Army did nothing for Kashmiris and did everything for outsiders, and that 'the boys' did everything for local rescue. See my friend Ishfaq Shaheen's Facebook page. I love Ishfaq like a brother, but he is not a balanced witness. And he made not the slightest effort at understanding what had been going on, and the benefits of the actions of the Army in getting rid of all 'special requests' on priority, if it could be done without compromising the safety of others in the exact, same predicament. It was that condition that was sometimes seemingly violated by jawans who did not have the authority to make return trips to the same locality to pick up the others, others who had just seen a selected few whisked out in front of them without any assurance that they would be next. It is that failure to follow up, due to relatively small numbers initially deployed, that caused all the hurt and the anger. As news spread through the grapevine, subsequent pull-out missions making enquiries about specific individuals, Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri alike, were met with increasing resentment. Once the appeals and frantic direct phone calls died down, in two to three days, the resentment was no longer overt. Those localities where nominated people were not selectively pulled out saw no resentment at all, instead there has been a widespread, though subdued gratitude for the efforts made.

We need to understand, to retain balance of mind, and to concentrate on the major issue - the rescue of people affected, and their imminent rehabilitation. The rehabilitation will take next priority; it is here that we need to focus. Health will break down massively, as stagnant water and insanitary conditions take their toll. Several spots are predicted to remain water-logged, due to deep spots which will continue to be under water unless specific pumping operations, with specialised pumps proofed against ingestion of garbage and consequent breakdown, are started within the next seven days. Aarti Tikoo Singh has details, for those who want to help rather than confining themselves to smart arse comments alone: please see her Facebook page for these details or inbox her. Doctors have already started moving in, and there is no lack of incoming resource; just that with extensive dislocation of transport, materials are piling up at Srinagar Airport, and the volunteers are simply not equipped or organised to cope.

The transition from emergency help provided by the Army to short-term health and prophylactic measures is going to be a difficult time. Any help during this time, particularly from fit and able people willing to volunteer to move into Srinagar for a week or ten days, will be appropriate and useful. There is no accommodation, no food and few, if any, facilities. Look at Facebook, go onto the sites set up for rehabilitation and help and get involved.

Or you can continue to suggest that stone pelters should be shot. I am not typing out the obvious epithets. Take them as read.

PS: Oh, and for the next fortnight or so, please stop dick-measuring contests with Pakistanis, Bangladeshis or others. Please concentrate; your time on the Internet is precious and valuable at times like this, and you need to focus on helping out, not on trumping others. You can think up the smart ones and the zingers later.

 

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