Know Your Project Series -4
Man vs Nature – A Mighty
Challenge In The Offing
Last week, I received calls from a quite a few who
asked for KYP-4. I explained to them about an unexpected disruption due to
extraneous factors. This week too drifted away as the both the planned speaker,
as well as the standby speaker, were unavailable. The first was afflicted with
a red eye - now rapidly affecting many at Srinagar! The other was stranded on
the highway due to landslides and toiled for over 11 hours to reach Srinagar,
partly on foot!
This appears to be a season of landslides. Heavy
clouds pelting continuous raindrops on the frail and brittle hills have caused
havoc to the pace of the project. The highway to the project is sliced at
several places with the roads eroded and heaps of hilly rubble blocking traffic
for days. Stories of stranded GVK professionals on either side of several road
blocks, adventures of some of them walking over 15 Km to reach the site, a
flood of calls from worried families are the norm of the day now.
But, amidst all the anxiety and lost time, one
cannot miss the power and majesty of Nature. The mighty mountains have submitted
meekly to the indescribably ferocious river, helplessly allowing themselves to
be eroded at several places and amazingly revealing several inherent truths of
life. It shows that perseverance of purpose can erode a mountain of resistance
in life and at work – a lesson we can all put to good use!
The landslides that have disrupted all movement have
helped break the predictable routine - a sedative to growth. They have awakened
many of us to take a relook at everything we do. Such introspection will surely
lead us to better and more productive solutions at work in particular and life
in general.
The crisis also reflects the heavy dependence we
have on things that we take for granted – power, water, milk supply, the daily
newspaper, the phone line, internet, petrol, ironed clothes and so on. It reminds
us of the many things in life we should be thankful for.
The weather forecast is not too favourable. There
could be more lost days of work. Nature’s onslaught has now challenged our grit
and determination in progression of the project. It is time for professionals
across the Company to meet the challenge and establish our credentials as men
and women of steel. Neither tunnel visioned
politicians nor seasonal obstacles shall sway us from our goal – to deliver
quality power to the Nation from Alaknanda. This
calls for each of us to stretch ourselves beyond the call of duty and charge
forward with missionary zeal. Breaking mindsets and departmental barriers, we
shall forge ahead as one army and earn for ourselves the reputation of being
champions and winners under all circumstances.
Together, let’s create a legacy, not just a project!
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Your Project Series is an effort from the Materials Department initiated with
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