Aisa pehle kabhi nahi dekha! Pichle 10 saal ke comparison mein toh yeh wildfire incidents 80% zyada hain, aur toh aur, 2024 ke record-breaking saal se bhi 50% upar chal rahe hain. Aag ab sirf un purani jagahon pe nahi lag rahi, Himalaya tak pahunch gayi hai – Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand sab jagah haalat kharab hai. South mein bhi aur Odisha mein bhi. Is sab ka seedha asar hamari economy par padega.
Farming ka toh poora scene bigad sakta hai. Kheti mein, khaas kar rice ki yield 20% tak gir sakti hai 2050 tak agar kuch nahi kiya toh. Socho, 275 million log jo jungle par directly depend karte hain, unki livelihood ka kya hoga?
Infrastructure ki baat karein toh, hamari USD 44 billion ki assets khatre mein hain. Sadkein, bijli ki lines, sab jal sakte hain. Aur insurance companies ke liye toh yeh badi headache hai. India mein 90% se zyada natural disaster ka koi insurance nahi hai. Toh jab aise bade disasters aate hain, toh sabka bojh sarkar aur companies par hi aata hai.
Forest fires se saal ka tangible nuksan ₹440 crore (USD 100 million) estimate kiya gaya hai, but asli damage toh isse kahin zyada hai, jo dikhta bhi nahi. Ecosystem services, biodiversity, soil ki fertility ka value toh hum count hi nahi karte.
Government bhi koshish kar rahi hai. Climate resilience par kharch badhaya hai, FY16 mein 3.7% GDP se FY22 mein 5.6% kar diya hai. Budget mein bhi ₹10,387 crore disaster management ke liye rakhe gaye hain. Finance Commission ne bhi ₹45,000 crore recommended kiye hain.
Lekin asli problem yeh hai ki hum asli nuksan ko measure hi nahi kar pa rahe. Hamari economy ka 33% GDP toh nature par hi depend karta hai, aur yeh sab tabah ho raha hai. Upar se, yeh 90% insurance gap, matlab sab log financially exposed hain.
Is situation ko theek karne ke liye $1.5 trillion ka investment chahiye 2030 tak. Paani, kheti, infrastructure – sabko resilient banana hoga. Warna yeh aag ka season hamari economy ko poori tarah bhasm kar dega.