The small state of Kerala, tagged as God's own country, woke up to calamitous landslides in Wayanad on July 30 leaving a trail of devastation and immersing the whole state into fathomless depths of loss and grief.
With landslide-hit people housed in relief camps, and the state engaged in rescue operations what is needed is an immediate switch to a reset mode to rebuild the lives of survivors.
For immediate rehabilitation, what is ideal is the construction of prefabricated homes, which are dwellings constructed using components that are assembled on-site.
Unlike traditional homes that are constructed entirely from scratch, components of prefab homes are manufactured in a factory shifted to their locations.
Not only Wayanad, ecologically fragile regions all over Kerala should have such homes that follow guidelines in place.
The prefab homes do not create as much destruction even if they are uprooted and would cause lesser harm.
Importantly, humankind should adapt to a vision that's in sync with the environment, for nature's fury has no mercy.