of Life and Death

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Monday, July 02, 2007

Kuch Karo Na MUMBAI !!!

Ek aur mausam aa gaya .....Arabs named it Mansoon .....came from Arabic Word "Mausim" which meant weather...
Mansoon has always been regarded as life line of world's oldest surviving civilisation ..INDIAN Civilisation ...
But off late ..Mansoon brings terror attacks to many places !
We have a City Called Mumbai..Earlier known as Bombay ...
A city also known as one of the most dense places on earth ,A place often referred to as financial capital of world's second fastest growing economy, a city of dreams and aspirations ,a city which never sleeps ,a city which was gifted to Union Jack as a chunk of 7 Islands...Brits developed it as an Important Industrial and Port city ,majorly reclaiming land from the Indian Ocean .
They provided alot to the city ...first ever train in India was started here (thane) and a well designed drainage system (as per those days).
Now Our Mumbai is swelling like anything ...but this swelling just goes un noticed..
After all who will notice it ,those who have seen it ,have always seen it like this ..busy ,running ,over crowded trains,people travelling all across the length (there are hardly any breadths to this city) ,high competition to survive ,sowhat if can live on a snatched piece of other's bread !
BUT There is something new in past few years !! Unfortunately ,this new is not something positive .....
These yrs rains come to Mumbai and bring with even best of the terrorist attacks have been unable to do it ---THEY HAULT THE MUMBAI .
Our city still relies too much on drainage systems of 19th century ....Our Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Province of which Mumbai is capital) sits at Seattle when city is may be you can say practicising to become modern day's DWARKA ....Drowning !

There have been lots of new developments in Mumbai but seems like nothing has been planned to support the basic structure of city.....Shanites are way of life ....quite shamingly City boasts (or otherwise) of Asia's biggest slums DHARAVI .Slight rain blocks the drains coz the Municipal corp.did not clear the drains when it was needed ...polybags and stuff like that helped choking city life to death for some days ....
If you are taking a ground flat in City !! God save you !!
why are you investing in one of world's most expensive real estates when during mansoon you plan to see your Sofas drowned and TVs floating !! and you will be knocking doors of the nieghbours wholive in your upper floors for a night sleeps coz you can not even stand in you OWNED flat ???
I know that City has many talents ,Hafiz Contractor is one of the best architects an cityplanners avialable in nation. I mean ,why not form a panel and chalk out a permanent solution to this ,provide an advanced drainage system to city ,provide some free space to city where the water can be drained out ....For sure this way you can never even compare It with Shanghai or Singapore ..Never !!
Mumbai will have to wake up and do something abut it ..If Mumbai can not do it for itself then which other city in India can do it for itself ????