On your watch !

 The one-sentence which people in powerful placed use often is " this bad thing cannot happen on my Watch, it may have happened on your watch ! "

background of this post is the flooding of drought-hit villages of Gulbarga/ Kalaburagi district.

kudos to The Hindu paper, facts can be summarized as below,

Reports reaching the district headquarters late in the evening indicated continued destruction of standing crops and inundation of thousands of houses in over 157 villages. The administration estimated around 10,000 houses were flooded till Sunday evening. It said 20,024 people from 57 drought-prone villages were shifted to safer places. While 140 relief centers were operating by Sunday evening, no loss of human life is reported.

Well, how I wish we had more details pages and pages of info to elaborate on the numbers posted above.

1. 140 relief centers { google map location, point of contact, WhatsApp live images }
2. 20,000 houses flooded { names and DBT transfer status to these homes, auto-approval of homes under PMAY }
3. 57 Villages { names of villages where flooding took place }
4. 20,024 { Free travel in NEKRTC buses for next 6 month, until they get their livelihood back, Free LPG from Central Govt }

Good governance is so important, new DC should upload photos/videos on social media to get attention and then reach out to netizens/citizens to help re-build livelihoods.