Concerning this point, actually as early as at the Provincial Governnt Hospital, Gu Ji had already ntioned it.
The tiered dical treatnt system originated from the Russian Military dical Academy during World War I and subsequently gained the attention of many national military health officials. The Xia Kingdom introduced the concept of stepped treatnt into warti and disaster dical rescue systems in 1965 and nad it tiered dical treatnt.
"And lastly, I suggest that the Police Headquarters imdiately organize police and firefighters, ready to participate in ergency rescue work at any ti. Traffic control should be implented to restrict road vehicle movent. If necessary, assistance should be sought from the Central Cabinet Governnt and military region troops to dispatch the army to assist with disaster relief handling. The army has a quick response capability and high mobility, far surpassing the police and firefighters in execution. After major natural disasters occur, they often react the fastest, playing a vital role in reducing losses, rescuing lives, and stabilizing morale."
If the previous suggestion by Gu Ji to transfer the populace was just surprising, now it’s completely shocking.
Even Fatima stood stunned beside him for a long ti.
The reason for their shock was not only Gu Ji’s detailed control over the ergency response plan but mainly the many perspectives that they dared not even think of!
That’s right.
In fact, these disaster prevention experiences supplented by Gu Ji are not considered very ingenious solutions in the Xia Kingdom or globally. They’re rely grounded in standing on the shoulders of giants.
But why couldn’t these higher-ups in the provincial governnt think of it?
The reason is simple: bureaucratic constraints!
For world-class powerful nations, governnts need to have the capability to concentrate resources, which ans having a strong mobilization ability, because this is the only way to maximize resource mobilization to respond to national disasters.
The foundation of this lies in the country having a strong central governnt, which is the core. Only when the central governnt is strong can it gather regional forces to form a cohesive force. Due to complex reasons such as ethnicity and religion, the central governnt of India has relatively general control power, with many local states being unwilling to cooperate.
Especially for remote minority regions like Assam, it’s basically very hard to manage.
So from the beginning, the Minister of Transport didn’t consider reporting to the central governnt for resource allocation.
Another point worth ntioning is military disaster relief.
The purpose and mission of armies worldwide are to protect their citizens’ lives and property and respond to wars initiated by other nations. In special tis, the military can also act as a rescue force.
In the Xia Kingdom, it’s very common for special police, ard police, and the military to be involved in ergency rescue and disaster relief, but in Western countries, armies generally do not assu disaster relief tasks. When Australia faced bushfires before, the Australian governnt tried to mobilize the national army for disaster relief, but it faced clear refusal from the Australian Army, as they are not professional firefighters and are prone to injury. Eventually, Australia had to request international assistance to have professional international firefighting teams co to the rescue.
Even the United States military often does not want to participate in disaster relief because of the federal system, where the military cannot be used arbitrarily dostically. Compared to the less capable, cumberso to mobilize, federally controlled army with political risks, state governnts often prefer to use the National Guard.
The sa goes for India.
Their army has limited manpower, and aside from those deployed in border areas and the reserve forces retained internally, the troops that can actually be mobilized are very few. Plus, due to system issues, the military seldom gets involved in disaster relief, and state governnts are reluctant to humble themselves and seek help.
Therefore, these suggestions by Gu Ji seed rather "audacious" in their eyes.
The Chief Minister was silent for quite a while before coughing twice to ease the awkwardness.
"Vidi’s proposal is worth pondering. Keep a close eye on changes in weather and environnt, prepare materials. Ministers of Transport and teorology, you’ll be responsible for communicating with the central governnt. The Minister of Agriculture should actively cooperate. As for seeking help from the military, it still needs to be discussed. Alright, this eting ends here. All departnts should act according to the strategy imdiately. I will have the secretary send out specific action plans to each of you!"
"Yes!"
Many county heads and ministers responded in unison.
Before leaving, several ministers gave Gu Ji a sharp look, seemingly still blaming him for imposing unnecessary burdens on them. Even his superior, the Minister of Agriculture, didn’t bother to manage him.
But in reality, Gu Ji’s arrangent is still not a perfect solution.
Not to ntion that the army can’t be involved in disaster relief, even if the Chief Minister agreed to contact the military, the Indian military’s role would still be limited. Firstly, India’s infrastructure is very poor, with few transportation routes and weak flood control facilities. Secondly, the military lacks specialized ergency rescue and disaster relief training.
In Gu Ji’s impression, in many countries, the military is only used for war, while disaster relief and rescue belong to the concept of "non-war military actions". Only the armies of major powers would emphasize the capability to perform diverse tasks, such as providing humanitarian assistance in disasters, executing peacekeeping missions, imposing sanctions, demonstrating force, etc.
So the Indian military going for disaster relief could at most save people but fundantally cannot perform flood interception and flood control.
The eting room quickly emptied out.
Only a few people from the Departnt of Disaster Managent remained on site. The Minister, pursing his lips, looked at the handso Gu Ji and increasingly felt that he was not simple.
As a departnt established specifically to prevent and address disasters in India, being appointed minister of it is no simple task.
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