Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 334 - 164: Shocking Utterance

"Are you the bold Vidhi Dali?"

The Prime Minister spoke with a smile, as if he already knew a lot about Gu Ji.

Indeed, since things had reached this point, his background must have been thoroughly investigated.

Gu Ji couldn’t help but feel relieved. Fortunately, the character role in this game level was quite fitting for the content. After all, agriculture and the meteorological environment are inherently intertwined and inseparable. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have known how to fabricate something in the face of national intelligence investigations.

Anurag gave him a knowing look.

Thus, Gu Ji temporarily put aside his task thoughts and stepped forward, pressing his palms together.

The Prime Minister gently patted his knee with his right hand, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes.

"To achieve such outstanding performance at the age of less than thirty in a state-level disaster and a once-in-fifty-years flood is quite commendable. However, what we’re more curious about is how you were able to anticipate that the tropical depression in the Bengal Bay would transform into a tropical storm and re-land."

"I inferred this from the disaster experiences of neighboring countries."

Gu Ji had already anticipated that someone would ask this, so he had already prepared an explanation, thus recounting the case of Typhoon ’Yutu,’ once again emphasizing the transformation of the core eye, and the impending threat to West Bengal.

A fifty-something middle-aged Indian man with a red dot on his brow nodded thoughtfully.

He was none other than Anup, a meteorology and flood expert from the National Disaster Management Authority of India and one of Fatima’s most admired individuals. "This young man, although very bold in his thinking, is not without reason. The newly formed tropical storm will be several times more hazardous than Assam’s tropical depression. Should it truly strike West Bengal, it would be a tremendously terrifying disaster!"

"Professor Anup is quite right. West Bengal is currently in the autumn reservoir area where many reservoirs are already full, and the heavy rainfall brought by the tropical storm could be the last straw!"

At this point, another middle-aged man, wearing a pale yellow brocade vest, standing beside Anup, added.

From Anurag’s gaze at him, it was clear that the two were not only acquaintances but familiar with each other and he was likely Anurag’s superior: Director of the National Disaster Management Authority.

"Sivani, do you have any good solutions?"

"Mr. Prime Minister, I believe we should quickly inform the West Bengal government and have the water resources department immediately open the gates to release water, lowering the reservoir water levels below the safety line before the tropical storm arrives. Meanwhile, police and fire brigades should be organized to form emergency rescue teams and focus on monitoring severely affected areas near rivers..."

Facing the Prime Minister’s inquiry, the Director of Disaster Management answered methodically.

Once he had finished presenting his suggestions, the youngest man in the room, wearing a black suit, with slightly graying temples, seated closest to the Prime Minister, looked up after taking notes. "I believe the Director’s suggestions are sound, Mr. Prime Minister. Timing is crucial; should we now contact the West Bengal State Water Resources Department Minister?"

"Alright..."

"Wait!"

Just as Prime Minister Dieter was about to issue the order, a voice suddenly interrupted the high-level talks from within the advisors’ office.

Fatima turned her head in surprise.

For it was none other than Gu Ji, right beside her, who had interrupted!

The man in the black suit furrowed his brows. From his voice and expression, it was evident that he was the cabinet secretary closest to the Prime Minister’s power core, who had previously spoken with Gu Ji, "Do you have a question?"

"Mr. Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary, I believe... notifying the reservoir to release water now might be too late!"

Gu Ji turned, his gaze sweeping over the meteorology professors and naval high-ranking officers present, "Does anyone in the room have the Bengal Bay weather prediction model?"

The bearded Vice Chief of Naval Staff gave the young man in his late twenties nearby a meaningful look.

The young man then took out a laptop from his backpack.

"This is the revised version of the meteorological prediction model, with data provided by the Naval Meteorology Center and model evolution handled by the National Meteorological Agency."

Gu Ji didn’t know how many times he had looked at the model.

Once the technician pulled up the software, he displayed the screen to everyone while pulling out his phone, finding the 3D satellite map of West Bengal, and skillfully proceeding with a meteorological and hydrological double-validation inference presentation.

"Both Northern West Bengal and Assam, being next to the Himalayas, pose the same latent risk. Currently, since the latter already suffered a mountain torrent due to suspected glacier collapse during a calm period, West Bengal also shares the same risk. Moreover, with most dams having only 4 to 6 spillway holes, their drainage speed won’t be able to compete with the tropical storm set to arrive tomorrow afternoon!"

"Vidhi, as you mentioned, what are your proposed solutions?"

Prime Minister Dieter, touching his white beard, didn’t immediately dismiss the idea but first inquired.

Gu Ji glanced over the military high-ranking officials and then at the cabinet secretary, taking a short breath, he spoke earnestly:

"I suggest we demolish a few critical dams!"

"Blow up the dams!?"

"My goodness... this kid surely dares to speak his mind!"

"Where on earth is this wild kid from, to be making such a suggestion?"

...

As soon as these words were spoken, they caused an uproar, startling all the high-ranking Central Cabinet officials and advisers present, including Anurag and Fatima.

Despite both having already experienced Gu Ji’s stunning suggestions at state government meetings, the suggestion of demolishing dams was still unimaginable.

Constructing a dam in India itself is not easy. For instance, the famous Jharkhand Dam took 42 years from construction in 1977 to completion in 2019, not to mention the massive capital investment. Once built, the dam brought many benefits for civilian life such as agricultural irrigation, flood prevention, and more.

Now, with a single sentence, you want to demolish a dam beneficial to the public, who would not find it incomprehensible?

But Fatima, as Gu Ji’s partner, knew from their survival collaboration over the past few days that he’s not someone who speaks recklessly. Thus she too pulled out her phone, searching for related data.

This time, before the Prime Minister could respond, the cabinet secretary asked the question.

"What is your basis for demolishing the dam?"

"The river basin area of West Bengal and the stock volume of the dams!"

Gu Ji cited the Xia Kingdom’s 75.8 flood event as a case study, explaining that it was precisely due to a delay in releasing water that multiple dam breaches occurred across the river basin, resulting in an irreparable disaster.

"I’ve observed the Gauhati Reservoir in Assam first-hand; yesterday’s disaster serves as today’s warning. I know that blowing up the dam will provoke public backlash and severely affect the neighboring people in the short term. However, for the population of over a billion in West Bengal, especially Calcutta, this sacrifice is worth it!"

"Blow up the dam, preemptively release water, reduce continuous breach risks..."

The Prime Minister, true to his role, quickly identified the essence of Gu Ji’s proposal based on his experience.

At this point, Fatima suddenly raised her phone.

"I found it! I found the Xia Kingdom’s 758 post-flood analysis by the Chief Hydraulic Engineer, indicating that Zhongzhou Province, focused on storage during floods in flat areas, would cause significant harm to the aquatic environment. The main manifestations were excessive surface water causing floods and excessive underground water leading to waterlogging, mirroring the current strategy of West Bengal’s water management department!"

"Back then, Xia Kingdom’s disaster relief experts summarized during a disaster project discussion meeting that if the reservoir water storage had been relieved earlier, the impact of 758’s flood disaster would have been reduced by more than half!"

Fatima’s data support provided significant help to Gu Ji.

Flood expert Professor Anup and the Director of Disaster Management both reviewed the data.

Prime Minister Dieter adjusted his glasses.

"Then, in your opinion, how should we go about demolishing the dam specifically?"

"I believe the military should take action, for example... the Mountain Division’s Special Border Force!"