Rendezvous with Bay of Bengal

This weekend I happened to see the Bay of Bengal for the first time in my life. It was a mesmerizing experience to gauge the enormous force of nature. Actually, I went to Ongole in A.P. to attend the wedding of one my colleagues. Although, I had seen the Arabian Sea in the past, but didn’t get chance so far to see the magnificent Bay Of Bengal. The first glance of the sea itself gave me the uncanny feeling of infinity. The magnificent waves of the ocean were moving towards the shore with perilous speed and in monstrous form. Ongole was one the places hit by the Tsunami in December 2004. I wondered how powerful and magnificent the Tsunami waves would be if the normal waves of this nature. I also realized why it is said that the ocean is the last resort of humanity for its food and energy needs. As the resources at the land get depleted to irreversible extent, ocean is indeed the only adequate source to fulfill the enormous needs of food and energy to sustain the teeming human population. Greater investment is called for to develop technologies to tap the potential of the ocean. However, while doing so, the sustainability of the ocean eco-system should be of the paramount importance. The blunders of the past with respect to the technologies and practices which led to ecological disasters should not be repeated. The exploitation of ocean’s potential in a sustainable manner in the greater interest of the man kind is a compelling need to solve the problems of poverty, hunger and malnutrition.