

Natural calamities of any kind are often beyond control but what matters is how the administration acts in dealing with such situations.
When tragedy struck people, it is natural that anger and anxiety takes precedence and barrage of opinions sometimes explode against the administration arguing that enough is not done to help the aggrieved sections.
At present, what we see is that both the governments at the State and Centre have swung into action.
Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy has mobilised considerable resources to provide assistance to State and District administrations of affected areas
A total of 14 rescue teams of the Western Naval Command, including five teams from Goa Naval Area, have been operating in Kolhapur, Belgaum and Uttar Kannada districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka respectively since August 5
Additional teams are being added according to the situation





