The Minister of Transport swallowed dryly, fearing that the Chief Minister would agree to Gu Ji's strategy of mass relocation of the populace. If things went awry, it could an not just losing his official position, but even ending up in prison, so he hurriedly spoke up first:
"Chief Minister, although the data is alarming, no one can guarantee it will actually happen if it materializes. Moreover, the Water Resources Minister has previously ntioned that the dams within the state are currently releasing water in an orderly manner, so the strategy of relocating the populace seems a bit too aggressive, doesn't it?"
"Hmm..."
The Chief Minister pinched the bridge of his nose.
Sitting in this position, one often considers issues comprehensively, with a strong emphasis on the big picture. In addition to the safety of the people's lives and property, the governnt's economic resources, the difficulty of implenting the plan, and subsequent sustainability must also be considered.
He did not refute Gu Ji's words, nor did he support them, but instead turned to the Disaster Managent Minister for his handling suggestions.
As an expert in natural disaster managent, the Disaster Managent Minister's response was evidently more acceptable to various county leaders and ministers.
First, establish a temporary special ergency rescue command headquarters for rainstorm and flood disaster incidents. The ergency command office is set up at the state governnt as the main institution for handling the disaster, with five specialized groups for rescue and relief, logistics support, dical treatnt, aftermath settlent, and security vigilance.
Upon hearing this, Gu Ji imdiately recognized it as the "standard answer" from the graded ergency plan for natural disasters.
The rescue group is responsible for organizing various forces to implent rescue and relief asures swiftly when a crisis occurs; organizing the evacuation of affected personnel and materials, coordinating with engineering technicians, and being responsible for onsite repairs;
The dical group is responsible for dical treatnt of the injured, sanitation epidemic prevention, and the hygiene of drinking water and food;
The police are responsible for security vigilance at the disaster site and maintaining traffic order;
The logistics group ensures ergency communication, vehicle dispatch, and guarantees materials and equipnt for rescue operations;
Finally, the aftermath group is responsible for compensation and reconstruction work following the incident.
This kind of multi-departnt collaboration and mutual cooperation can maximize governnt functions and distribute difficulty, but it requires a precondition that the disaster situation does not exceed the current governnt's handling capabilities!
And Gu Ji emphasized this one issue with everything he said:
This rainstorm disaster cannot be handled by the governnt of Assam!
Since the scope of the crisis is confined to a national-scale, it is destined that the disaster is not limited to Assam alone, sothing that can be seen from the large-scale flooding erupting in neighboring Bangladesh.
There must be so "thunder" point lurking in the dark that has yet to explode.
When it does detonate, Assam will be completely overrun, and the rainstorm flood will radiate massively southeast along the region's terrain, evolving into a national-scale catastrophe.
Imagine that even the Central Cabinet Governnt has to intervene in this national-scale event;
Can it be handled by a small state governnt like yours?
Not to ntion that Assam's economy is not well-developed, with barely any personnel, material, or financial resources to expend. Gu Ji's proposition for relocation was actually to conserve the state's energy and endeavor to save more lives as early as possible.
Unfortunately, the Chief Minister did not adopt his opinion.
After the Disaster Managent Minister set a good start, other ministers of water resources, agriculture, police, and health began to articulate their respective functional strategies.
With this, a temporary rainstorm ergency handling plan was roughly completed.
The Chief Minister glanced at the key points of the sche handed over by the recording secretary behind him, and slightly shook his head, seemingly satisfied.
"Does anyone have anything more to supplent?"
Seeing no one speak, the Chief Minister focused his gaze on Gu Ji again.
He wasn't shy and raised his hand at once.
"Vidi, do you have any questions?"
"I wish to further expand on a few points based on the strategies ntioned by various ministers."
As soon as Gu Ji said this, several ministers displayed displeased expressions.
This is understandable; after all, each minister had finished speaking, and for him to suddenly interject at this mont was clearly picking faults.
But since the Chief Minister had already thrown out the question, there was no reason not to confront it.
Having obtained the other party's consent, Gu Ji began supplenting according to the Military Disaster Prevention Manual and natural disaster handling experiences:
"Firstly, the primary point of ergency managent, and also the most crucial, is to establish a rainstorm and flood disaster incident warning chanism, enabling early preparation, prompt handling, and early reporting; the daily monitoring of warning information aligns with the ergency command office. State teorological monitoring departnts must constantly communicate with the Central teorological Departnt, and all monitored relevant information must be promptly reported to the ergency command office to prevent sudden disaster events."
"Secondly, ensure communication and transportation are smooth. Assam is located in Northeast India and connects with the Central Governnt only through the narrow Siliguri Corridor. Once communication is disconnected and transportation collapses, the state will be thoroughly 'isolated,' left to its own devices. Thus, I recomnd that the Transport Departnt quickly engage with the Central Governnt, utilizing railways for cross-state transit of food and dical supplies to maintain abundant resources."
"Then, on the dical front, one can follow the disaster dical rescue tier treatnt ladder. The first tier is onsite rescue, organizing experienced dical staff to form frontline rescue teams, search and find injured individuals, and guide self and mutual assistance; the second tier is early treatnt, constructing temporary dical setups in severely affected areas for early processing and triage of injured brought onsite; the third tier is transportation and treatnt at rear hospitals, mainly receiving frontline injured for subsequent treatnt, focusing on specialized care, intensive monitoring, and psychological counseling."
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