CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2015 · Q12Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 200 words
English
There is a disaster-prone State having frequent landslides, forest fires, cloudbursts, flash floods and earthquakes, etc. Some of these are seasonal and often unpredictable. The magnitude of the disaster is always unanticipated. During one of the seasons, a cloudburst caused devastating floods and landslides leading to high casualties. There was major damage to infrastructure like roads, bridges and power generating units. This led to more than 100000 pilgrims, tourists and other locals trapped across different routes and locations. The people trapped in your area of responsibility included senior citizens, patients in hospitals, women and children, hikers, tourists, ruling party’s regional president along with his family, additional chief secretary of the neighbouring State and prisoners in jail. As a civil services officer of the State, what would be the order in which you would rescue these people and why? Give justifications.
हिन्दी
एक आपदा-प्रवण राज्य है, जिसमें अक्सर भूस्खलन, दावानल, मेघ विस्फोट, आकस्मिक बाढ़ और भूकंप आदि आते रहते हैं। इनमें से कुछ मौसमी हैं और अक्सर अननुमेय हैं। आपदा का परिमाण हमेशा अप्रत्याशित होता है। एक मौसम के दौरान, एक मेघ विस्फोट के कारण विनाशकारी बाढ़ और भूस्खलन हुए जिनसे अत्यधिक दुर्घटनाएँ हुईं। सड़कों, पुलों और विद्युत् उत्पादी यूनिटों जैसी बुनियादी संरचना को बृहत् क्षति पहुँची। इसके फलस्वरूप 100000 से ज़्यादा तीर्थयात्री, पर्यटक और अन्य स्थानीय निवासी विभिन्न मार्गों और स्थानों पर फँस गए। जिम्मेदारी के आपके क्षेत्र में फँसे हुए लोगों में वरिष्ठ नागरिक, अस्पतालों में मरीज़, महिलाएँ और बच्चे, पदयात्री, पर्यटक, शासक पार्टी के प्रादेशिक अध्यक्ष अपने परिवार सहित, पड़ोसी राज्य के अतिरिक्त मुख्य सचिव और जेल में कैदी शामिल थे। राज्य के एक सिविल सेवा अधिकारी के तौर पर आपका आदेश क्या होगा जिसमें आप इन लोगों को बचाएँगे और क्यों? अपने उत्तर के पक्ष में तर्क दीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2015 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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