Ours is a country of unparalleled natural beauty, full of fertility and brimming with youth. This land of immense possibilities now seems as if it is ready to ignite like gunpowder once more.
Everywhere we look, we find mismanagement and stagnation. The realities we repeatedly face at the onset of the monsoon are not merely the wrath of nature, but also the result of our own irresponsibility, weak management, and collective incompetence.
This year's dengue situation, like previous years, is alarming. The number of dengue patients is rising sharply in the capital and across the country.
Losing hundreds of lives every year to a preventable, vector-borne disease is not just a failure of the health sector—it is evidence of the laxity of the entire state machinery.
The question arises—when there have been warnings throughout the year, why are effective measures not taken?
Our country lies downstream. As a result, every year the monsoon inevitably brings disasters. Alongside the problems of waterlogging, floods, and destruction of homes, public health also faces severe crises.
The devastating flood of last September created new crises in the lives of thousands of people. Yet, both the preparedness for it and the subsequent rehabilitation efforts bore the marks of mismanagement and poor planning.
In addition, we see untrained manpower, irregularities, lack of coordination among departments, and above all, a culture of evading responsibility.
In times of disaster, not just nature, but also failed administration, exacerbates suffering. From this perspective, one of the greatest challenges of the present time is stagnation. Despite major political changes aimed at reducing inequality and alleviating public suffering, the benefits have not yet truly reflected in the lives of ordinary citizens.
While criticism and condemnation of the previous regime continue, no hopeful progress is visible within the current system. In every public service sector—health, sanitation, roads, disaster management—an indescribable stagnation prevails.
Stagnation is never merely an administrative complexity; it is an obstacle to national progress. There is an old proverb: "Stagnant water rots, only flowing water sustains life." A society that is consumed by stagnation at every step eventually collapses under its own weight—the proverb tells us as much.
Especially at a time when the country has undergone significant change, every organ of the state machinery was expected to be more active, more proactive for the welfare of the people. Instead, we see a different picture—aimless commotion, unplanned initiatives, and an administration suffering from indecision.
There is no visible progress even in mosquito control, eliminating waterlogging, or establishing new disease prevention measures.
To face our various problems and disasters, we need proper preparation, coordination, and a clear sense of duty. Every disaster is a warning to be prepared for the future. But sadly, every time, we face the same tragic outcomes, the same cries of anguish.
If we cannot overcome this stagnation, it is not only the health sector, but the entire development of the country that will come into question. If lives are lost to dengue every monsoon, if villages are swept away by floods, if the millstone of various stagnations keeps pressing upon the people’s chest, the people will not endure that suffocating situation day after day.
When that happens, the people rise desperately to remove the millstone of stagnation. History bears witness to this. Let our promise in these times be not empty rhetoric, but the fulfillment of responsibility. Let us be great not in words, but in deeds. Those who are true workers speak less and act more.
