The fear of the monsoon havoc hit Mumbaiites once again on Tuesday morning as rail and road traffic were stalled by waterlogging and two people were washed away by flood waters in suburban drains.
Worse, by evening, a harried Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak had this to say: “In the low-lying country, The Netherlands, people have learnt to live with rains, as they cannot cope with the situation.”
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Worse, by evening, a harried Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak had this to say: “In the low-lying country, The Netherlands, people have learnt to live with rains, as they cannot cope with the situation.”
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Manishbhaus earlier post shows how the situation does not change.More or less the entities behave exactly same every year.
1. BMC Comissioner
The office holders only job is to make mumbai like some other city far across the globe.Since we cant improve to compete with shanghai in terms of facilities, we can certainly match amsterdam in thier problem areas.
2. CM Vilasrao Deshmukh.
He came with typical reactions and ordered the bmc to
keep the civic machinery working around the clock so that the citizens are not inconvenienced.
3. Weather Bureau
This is what they predicted for the next day..
"Intermittent rain or thundershowers for Wednesday, with possibilities of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs. There is also a possibility of strong gusty winds".
What we saw in reality was absolute no traces of rain or wind.Does the weather bureau exist at all. I havent seen a person who works for weather bureau. Would certainly like to meet him.
4. Common Man
Tuesday’s heavy rains claimed two lives — 65-year-old Jayantilal Shah and a 15-year-old boy. Shah slipped and fell into a nullah while returning from a visit to the Jain temple on Sudhir Phadke Road near MHB Colony, Borivali (West). Around 12.45 pm, a 15-year-old boy was reported to have been washed away in Poisor nullah near the Bihari Tekdi, Kandivli.
But as the civic chief says,we got to live with it.
Or die with it.. as in the case of Shah and the boy..
Very well put Punchtantra