Flood disasters could have been avoided if our advice had been sought, geologists say | The MonitorIn the last few weeks, flooding has exposed the weaknesses in the country’s planning, and, like with every disaster, the government has been caught flat footed, running around like a headless chicken trying to firefight. From the blatant flouting of building codes to the sheer disrespect of waterways, the weaknesses are glaring and now geologists say if their advise would have been sought, such disasters would have been avoided. In this episode of The Monitor, we examine the role that geologists play in a country’s planning, especially in the wake of the Mai Mahiu tragedy, and we reveal that parliament might be the weakest link, because a bill introduced in the house five years ago seeking to make inclusion of geologists mandatory, was never even debated.
