The land of Beshooni village, which used to be a sign of vitality and greenery, is now at the mercy of the seas. More than half of the village is gone. The flood’s roar has drowned out homes, fields, and the energy of life. The most terrifying part was when people were moving big rocks and looking for the bodies of their loved ones underneath them. This sight was like the end of the world.
Another heartbreaking and awful scene was when the water took away twenty or thirty of a man’s family members. The man stood there, not saying anything and with dead eyes. It seemed like his back had been fractured. This anguish and suffering are so horrible and scary that just hearing about it makes you tremble. These events aren’t just news; they’re painful truths.
Pakistan’s Flood Crisis: A Neglected Warning
A wave of water took away an entire family in Swat before this. Nature was trying to tell us to change our ways with that tragedy, but the government and local officials ignored it, thinking it was only a momentary mishap. If there had been an emergency and a proper survey of all the streams and rivers coming out of the mountains had been done, many lives could have been saved today. We also need to know that rescue personnel and safety organisations can only do so much when disasters happen. When natural disasters strike, people often feel powerless. In this case, short-term help isn’t adequate; long-term preparation is needed. We need people, leaders, and organisations who can comprehend, assess, and take steps to protect these risky places ahead of time, like Japan does, for changes in the environment that might happen in ten to fifteen years. Sadly, we don’t have someone with that kind of knowledge or foresight to get ready for tomorrow.
A Nation Lost to the Floodwaters in Pakistan: A Tragic Reality
Today, there isn’t much food or medicine available. Schools, hospitals, and bridges have all fallen down, and markets have been washed away. Thousands of homes are now just piles of debris. The dead bodies in Bunir, Swat, and Bajaur are making the air shake. There aren’t enough people to dig graves, so they have to make mass graves. These scenes aren’t just about a tragedy; they’re about the end of the world that has come to us.
It’s time for us to realise that we all have a role to play. The government should hire environmental specialists to look at the dangers of future incidents of the same kind and come up with a plan for how to deal with them. No project, structure, or hamlet can go against the rules of nature. As far as I know, Bunir was a beautiful place with thick forests, clean streams, and green mountains that made it look like heaven. The air was clean, the mood was calm, and the ground was a sign of nature’s kindness. But time changed everything so that these Bunir blessings became a curse for it.
The Cost of Greed: Environmental Exploitation in Pakistan
The mafia’s greed, the rush for money, and mindless business tore the mountains apart. There was an unchecked marble mining enterprise that weakened the mountains. The white dust not only made the air in Bunir dirty, but it also hurt the lungs of the people who lived there. That white stuff that fell on the farms below also ruined farming. The land stopped being fertile, diseases got worse, and Bunir’s true soul was taken away.
This business is still going on, and it is really an open war against nature. We are really weakening our own defence line when we cut down trees, hollow out mountains, and uproot forests. Nature built these mountains and trees into a natural fortress to protect itself from floods, storms, and rain. Nature will find its own way when you tear down this fortification. And that path always leads to destruction.
This intervention has caused today’s floods, damage, and horrible scenes. Water destroyed villages, buried innocent people under the rubble, a father held his child’s body in his hand, twenty members of a family were carried away in an instant, and the cries of a mother shook the air of Bunir. Only a mother and father can feel this agony and suffering.
A Call for Change: Investing in a Sustainable Future
The question now is: Will we learn anything from this horrible event? This process can be stopped by the government and local government if they want to. People should stop cutting down trees, stop the uncontrolled business of marble from the mountains, protect natural paths, and get ready for this environmental awareness that this land and these mountains are a trust from Allah Almighty.
The only answer is to give nature back what it deserves. We need to grow trees, keep the mountains from getting hurt more, and work with nature. If we don’t wake up soon, the next generations will ask us this question: Why did you do nothing when you saw the signals of destruction? It is a trait of conscious nations to leave a beautiful and grand environment for their children and grandchildren so that they can be proud of their ancestors later. I would like to close my speech with these prayers: May Allah Almighty bless our beloved nation, Pakistan, with peace, safety, stability, and everlasting prosperity. May this land always remain a cradle of unity, brotherhood, and mercy, and as a nation, may He keep us safe from all kinds of trials and calamities. Amen.