One big shower and all the claims of 'rain readiness' are washed away...
This was what was mentioned in the DNA...
There is more to the city's roads than asphalt. The city had a pockmarked appearance after 48 hours of unremitting rains, exposing the tall claims made by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) about monsoon-preparedness.
Potholes surfaced on the roads as water began to recede. There was more damage: cross culverts had choked and overflowed, dividers damaged and paver blocks sunk, debris added to the troubles of the commuters. Though MMRDA had claimed to have completed maintenance work just before the monsoon, craters were formed on the raods. If the city's arteries came undone, its veins and capillaries fared far worse. Residents reported many other spots where one could duck for a quick swim.
And as usual the Indian Meteorological Department had to predict 'heavy to extremely heavy' rainfall with strong, gusty winds after all the damage was done.
Contrary, the day after the heavy downpour, skies were relatively clear all through the day.
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11 comments:
nice 1
direct hammering on the system...
quite appealing...
well
not many times does the media give the correct picture of the whole scenario
@ankita: thnx...yeah the bmc and mmrda are to be blamed here.
all fake promises...they've sealed the gutters for the sake of 'beautification' which doesn't let the water drain.
@pandey: thnx for ur brilliant comment.
hey its not just mumbai that is effected by rains this way... almost every city faces the same wrath of nature... the same ignorance of the municipal corporation... and probably the same article by bloggers :P
And for the love of God...
NO ITALICS!!!
Unreadable it is!
Waise yours isn't the only blog where I notice everything in italics :D
@keshari: ur request has been taken into consideration :)
i am so glad...
so now i can finally read what you have written...
the part where i said "good job" now stays suspended... for this time i will actually read it before commenting :P
gud 1 ...nice artice regarding the most happening thing in bombay .. rains !!!
heard mr.bacchhan had to flee becuz his house got waterlogged ... well gujarat even rajasthan is getting rains bt not lko .. :( ..
Cmon...this is a blog...not a newspaper..Do something creative :D
I have to agree with thehunter :P
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