Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 304 - 152: The Power of Nature (Part 5)

"In such a high-risk environment, I also agree with the migration strategy."

Anurag, witnessing this scene, raised his hand with a slight smile. Gu Ji, being someone he personally recruited from the Ministry of Agriculture, was sure to stand up and support him at this moment.

In a short time, there were already two senior officials supporting Gu Ji.

The county magistrate of Disbūr, being not far from the riverbank, also chose Gu Ji’s side considering the risks to the town.

The ministers of transportation, health, and police exchanged glances. Seeing that the Chief Minister had not called to stop, they immediately realized the change in the meeting’s direction within just a day.

More and more ministers raised their hands in agreement.

Only then did the Chief Minister speak:

"Since everyone agrees with the migration plan, let’s make it the centerpiece of a new emergency strategy. Vidi, as the main proposer of this plan, do you have any thoughts?"

"Yes, I do."

As Gu Ji spoke, he took out a map of Assam from his pocket.

He had been preparing for this moment for a long time and pointed at two towns in the south of Assam:

"According to the principle of transferring and resettling the affected people nearby and safely, I think the disaster relief centers can be set in the direction of Qilaliqi and Lumding. Firstly, these two cities are not far from Assam, and secondly, they are elevated, away from rivers, and won’t be hit by floods."

"Both are important transportation hubs. Given the vast affected areas and large number of people to relocate, it’s safest to transport by train. On one hand, trains have high carrying capacity, and on the other, train tracks are elevated, making them safer than road transport. Moreover, these two are major cities that can supply us with resources anytime."

"Qilaliqi..."

Unexpectedly, the Chief Minister hesitated upon hearing this name.

The ministers’ expressions more or less changed.

The reason is that Qilaliqi is not within Assam. Due to India’s governance strategies, and historical and ethnic issues, conflicts often occur among the six northeastern states, and the ethnic demographics are chaotic.

Besides heinous ethnic massacres, there have been violent conflicts between states, such as the 2021 border conflict between Assam and Mizoram, which resulted in the death of six police officers, and the Chief Ministers of both states argued publicly on social media. So the "neighborly" relations are not necessarily amicable.

But in a crisis, Gu Ji could not worry about all this. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

The transportation system in Assam is backward, with very few railroads across the state. If road transport was chosen, it would take thousands of buses running 24/7 to relocate over a million riverside residents. Walking on foot would be dangerous in such deep water.

The Chief Minister naturally understood these reasons and thus looked at Anurag.

The latter nodded in agreement with Gu Ji’s proposed disaster relief centers.

Then he began formulating a detailed emergency plan for the relocation and resettlement of disaster victims.

Actually, the difficulty in relocating disaster victims lies in route planning and site selection; the rest follows a hierarchical responsibility and phased relocation model.

The former implements a state government unified command and a county-district-town graded responsibility, closely coordinated emergency leadership system; the latter first relocates personnel in endangered houses along riverbanks, and then promptly moves people from low-lying and flood-prone villages according to the severity of natural disasters.

The most crucial point is that resources must keep up.

The Chief Minister entrusted this challenging task to the Department of Finance and Taxation, ensuring that tents, food, bedding, daily supplies, and emergency lights are prepared before relocation is completed, with food and drinking water being the top priority.

"I will negotiate over the remaining issues as soon as possible. Now, everyone, start acting and ensure that the first batch of high-risk people is relocated to the disaster relief centers before the heavy rain tonight!"

After making the final summary, the meeting concluded.

Anurag also assigned Gu Ji and Fatima to the trains, responsible for the Qilaliqi route.

After everyone left.

Fatima heaved a sigh of relief, patting her chest and smoothing her hair: "Oh my, you were so brave at the meeting just now. Aren’t you afraid of the Minister of Water Resources retaliating against you later?"

"What’s there to fear?"

Gu Ji shrugged his shoulders. After all, he had already shown up so many times for "Vidi," backed by Gauhati County Magistrate and the Disaster Management Minister. Why fear a little Water Resources Department? "Besides, didn’t you also help refute him for me, Ms. Fatima?"

"I’ve always been fed up with the Water Resources Minister’s attitude, hehe. In that case, can we consider ourselves friends? You might as well call me Fatima directly!"

"Alright, Ms. Fatima."

"..."

Stepping out of the government building, Gu Ji and Fatima plunged into the task of disaster victim relocation.

The Chief Minister seemed to attach great importance to this task, even dispatching helicopters, and police and firefighters requisitioned fishermen’s boats.

So you could see three types of transportation in Disbūr simultaneously:

Flying in the sky, rowing in the water, and running on the ground.

Finally working until the evening, the police managed to send the first batch of disaster victims near the riverbank onto the trains. To enhance transportation capacity, the transportation minister racked his brains, even requisitioning freight trains, making the train’s capacity jump from the original 2000 to 3500 people.

Thus, five trains per trip could transport 18,000 people, completing the relocation of the first batch of high-risk people along the riverbank to the disaster relief centers within five hours, just before the heavy rain at 10 pm.