Mumbai monsoon is back and bring joy to lives of most of the mumbaites.There is a fundamental question ,is it going to solve the water crisis. All the five lakes which service the city are nearing the dead levels. There isn't enough rain in the catchment areas.BMC has announced 30% water cut.
On the other hand there is flooding in the most of the low lying areas of the city. Drain pipes were build long back when the city's population was not even one third of what it is today.
What an irony!
Is there a way to properly channelize the most abundant resource in the world?
In a country where there has been proponents of ambitious projects like the one joining the perennially flooded rivers with the perennially draught ones.
When i, with a mediocre level of intelligence can comprehend that to successfully implement a rain water harvesting project for Mumbai,it wouldn't cost a nano fraction of those flashy mega projects, then one can only conclude that the non performance in this regard by the super intelligent administrators,democrats,politicians,policy makers is sheer negligence and conscious bureaucracy.
God save the maximum city.
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i am just thinking, at least we should fill our buckets this monsoon with rain water .We'll need it later ,any how.
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