The Basin Observer
Independent News From The Republic
Independent News From The Republic
Year 22 of Popular Victory
Population of Yarshant finishes rebuilding the Yarshant Dam in cooperative effort
The people of Yarshant have finished the reconstruction of the dam in the Yarshant Delta, concluding a monumental three-years project requiring extraordinary human efforts and determination to preserver, the regional authorities have announced.
When the Yarshant Dam was destroyed during the disastrous 1953 spring floods, causing horrific muddy landslides in the region that destroyed thousands of homes and took the lives of an equally high number of citizens - final numbers still cannot be determined to this day - Yarshant was faced with the sheer impossible task of recovering spiritually and economically from the impacts of the natural disaster. Even though Young Democrats from across the country, local police and other state organs were quick to volunteer their help in assisting the region's reconstruction, it became evident that nothing short of an overall effort of the Basin's citizens would suffice.
Soon enough, volunteers from across the Republic arrived, and efforts were underway in communities across the country to send their young men to battle with the forces of nature. As the President was encouraged by the selfless spirit of the population, he built upon the broad strokes of action that arose organically from out of the democratic masses, devising a swift plan that would see total mobilization against the peril that had been brought upon Yarshant. The local population and compatriots from across the country, working tirelessly for no reward but the knowledge of having done a good deed and armed with the highest spirit of national pride, exceeded all expectations. In several phases, nature was forced into battle, encircled and thrown back, villages were reconquered from the mud masses, buildings rebuilt more resiliently and magnificently than before, and fields were toiled in 24/7 shifts to make up for the loss of productivity and to ensure that the struggling citizens would be well-fed during their efforts.
Now, three years later, Yarshant stands at the edge of a bright new future, owing to the can-do-attitude of the local population and the utter cooperation and loyalty of the rest of the country. While the road to recovery will still be long, and it will take several years for the region to recover to full strength, the Presidential office acknowledged that the wounds caused by the loss of loved ones would never heal, but expressed hopes that the spirit of belonging brought about by the heroic popular efforts would cause Yarshant to eventually surpass its former economic prowess in an effort to honor those that must not have died in vain in that fateful year of 1953.