Survey of Flood Hit Areas

The havoc wreaked by the floods has also obliterated most of the natural as well as manmade features and land markings demarcating the land holdings of the individuals in the rural areas. During the resettlement phase of the flood affectees and reconstruction of their houses plus demarcating their agricultural fields there is bound to be lots of confusion which could even lead to ugly law and order situations. It is, therefore, imperative that the government starts saving the images of the terrain and areas of all flood affected areas through Google Map on the internet, which is still displaying the pre-flood era images. Google Mapping technology not only give extremely clear images of the area but one can also measure the distances and individual perimeters of any given area to an amazing accuracy.

Is there someone in the government listening please?

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)