Thepfulhouvi Solo
In 1720, one cargo France ship carrying Silk and Cotton docked in France Port of Marseilles; a Turkish Sailor died in the Ship of a mysterious disease. Soon; several other Sailors got infected and died including the Surgeon.
Doctors therefore quarantined the Ship in the Port.
But rich Merchants, their influential friends including the Deputy Mayor of Marseille who owned the Ship, began to say it is great loss to the Economy of the country to lock up the entire Ship: at least the precious Silk and Cotton could be released keeping the Sailors quarantined in the Ship.
The Government felt it could not afford to loose the valuable goods. It unloaded the goods and moved them to the City unaware of infected Rats in the goods. The rats got transported into the City and infected the people.
Within a short time the disease spread in the in the city and 50,000 of the 90,000 the population of Marseilles died. People from Marseilles ran away to other cities of the country to escape the plague and spread it over the whole of France. The Government of France at one point of time even built a Wall around Marseilles to stop the epidemic from spreading to other cities; but could not.
For three years, the epidemic killed such a great number of the population that there were not enough Graveyards to burry the dead; everywhere dead bodies were strewn in the city.
At last the people realized the Economy may die but it can be revived later however when the people died, the loss cannot be recouped.
It is very much hoped, the Government of Nagaland is surely doing what it should; and what it should is actually not very complicated.
There is no medicine against the crown looking Virus. Medicine is not the cure to it at this point of time. The only cure for the plague is to avoid contact with people from Outside of Nagaland possibly carrying the Virus in them.
Thank God, not a single inside Nagaland is suffering from the Corona Virus. The only route the Virus can enter Nagaland is through the few Entry Points of Dimapur, Merapani, Nagachari, Tuli, Naginimora, Tizit and a few other Village Paths. Once these Points are managed fool-proof, the whole of rural Nagaland is safe.
The whole interior Villages of Nagaland is strictly and efficiently following the ‘Lock down’ Order of the Government. They do not permit even pallbearer of their dead to enter the Village beyond the Village Gate. The botheration of Amitabachan or Dr. Misra, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister to tell the uneducated people again and again to wash their hands or not to go inside the respectable distance of 1.5 meter from others is practically not necessary between the Villagers same of the same Village and known well to each other.
The other day the Government appeared to have gathered all sorts of NGOs and Departments from every sundry places of Nagaland to deliberate on the issue of safe management of the Corona virus menace in Nagaland.
The atmosphere of the very necessary Meeting, -as it appeared in the News Paper’s - did not seem serious enough business: There were too many Speakers appeared wanting only to let others notice them speak than have candid proposal for the control of the pandemic; and there were profuse praises from one another to please one another Officer or Department. Who needs such grey dullness of superficial governmental praises? They indicate lack of seriousness of business at hand.
The Naga Traditional & Cultural condor appeared missing in the meeting: Nagaland does not need to parrot the ambience of other places.
The Writer does not intend to nor is it qualified to delve into the details of management for the control of the disease, it would only mention that these anxious days is a great time of opportunity for the Government of Nagaland to manufacture Trust of the People on the Government.
The first action towards that END would be for the Government to candidly show to the Public:
i. How the Funds were received and
ii. How they were spent.
iii. Concentrate on the Checking and Managing the Entry Points to Nagaland to Prevent the Crown Virus Entering the State.
iv. Entrust Reasonable Freedom to The Village and Church Authorities to Manage the Government Lockdown.
