If one thing has been revealed by the current floods that wreaked havoc in the western division it is the proper ground work. In Fiji the problem is prevalent in making a quick buck takes precedence over safety. During its undertaking (quick buck ventures) the weather might be fine or theres been a long series of acceptable conditions to go ahead but who can forecast the future, ten years ahead so to speak. Maybe it is becoz we have different beliefs or coincidence for some or fate for the religious. Whichever it may be it still points to the inevitable, disasters do happen because its how the world operates. It is how nature balances itself and how do we create a comfortable environment for settling down on? That is it. We study the environment that we are about to settle in to suit us and also for future developments but what blinds us or deter us from these studies or assesment so to speak? Who would blame them, back then they were just a bunch of cane cutters and Fijians prematurely exposed to the western way of life without even understanding their ideology. To make it worse we haven't even solved this issue (improper planning) and have embarked on daring development expansion further deteriorating the problems, it's when certain events as these occur that the realization sets in, this is a reason why the shelved river diversion project which was proposed years ago is being seriously looked at now. We might still be bearing the brunt of paying the loan in completing the project but years down the line we have saved lives foremost then houses, farms and the local economy. People who stand in the way of certain undertakings should be pushed aside more so arrested locked and the keys thrown away.
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