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As Parliament debated the Wayanad disaster Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Lok Sabha that he will introduce a Bill on disaster management during the current session.
He said: “I have one request. In cases of disaster management, all state governments should follow all the schemes introduced after 2014. I am about to bring a Bill, too, in this session. I will speak in detail about it then.”
Earlier in the Lok Sabha, a Calling Attention motion was introduced on the landslides. Congress member K C Venugopal said: “We can only request the government to do the maximum. Short term action for rescue operations and immediate relief to the deceased, and long term measures to ascertain the people to get away from these kinds of tragedies.”
He said the state government must clarify on the Union Home Minister’s statement that a warning had been issued on June 23 itself. But he added that the issue can be politicised after rescue operations conclude.
Speaker Om Birla then appealed to the members to keep the discussions constructive.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi called the landslides a “huge tragedy” and said that the military was doing a good job. “I would request the government to help the people,” he said.
“It is quite clear that this area has an ecological issue so this should be looked into and whatever high tech solution can be brought forward that would be good,” added the LOP.
Kerala Congress member K Francis George said: “The UN intergovernmental panel on climate change had reported that in the next 20 years, it will cause havoc and widespread natural calamities in Kerala. That report came long back and I would like to know from the minister what steps have been taken by the Central government to warn about these kinds of issues and what preventive steps have been taken.”
BJP member from Bangalore South Tejasvi Surya, meanwhile, alleged that the state had not removed illegal encroachments in calamity-prone areas amid pressure from religious organisations.
He then triggered an uproar in the House by targeting Rahul Gandhi, who was an MP from Wayanad.
The Lok Sabha proceedings resumed after a brief adjournment, with Venugopal attacking Surya for “politicising” the issue, demanding an apology from him and seeking the removal of his remarks from the records.
Speaker Birla said Surya had not levelled any allegation against any member. “And if there is a subject which is not as per the traditions of this incident and House, it will be removed from records after discussions,” Birla said.
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