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This is not a stunt for likes or views. This is just another day in the life of 40-year-old health worker Kamla Devi. 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, where recent floods washed away roads and bridges, cutting off villages for days. Faced with this, Kamla said 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 by leaping from boulder to boulder, because a newborn needed to be immunized. “𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 because that immunization was important. I don’t even know who shot the video. But since it went viral, I’ve been getting calls and congratulations,” Kamla says. While Kamla’s courage is inspiring, should our health workers, or anyone, be 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 just to do their duty? Why are there 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 when disasters hit? Why are 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 always announced only 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹? These questions are vital as extreme weather events, intensified by climate change, are becoming 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁 and 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. Kamla’s story surfaced only because a video went viral. But there are countless others silently risking their lives every day. Yet our leaders remain unprepared, neither investing in 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 nor 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 to the real scale of the climate crisis. ------------------------------- As 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 has often said, what we are witnessing is not just a climate crisis. It is a symptom of 𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱. Unless the blind, relentless urge to consume is addressed, these destructions will only worsen with time. The 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 is the cure exists, but time is running out. The 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 must reach people before 2030. Otherwise, there may not be much left to protect.