I have gone through almost all the message. Almost everyone is transferring the blame on "management" of govt. but what is government System? Doesn't it include us too? It is always easy to share comments while sitting in AC office. But hats off to the people who had contributed to the relief work. Mumbai is the only city which can recover that fast. Imagine the population over here. None of the US systems are going to work. We blame the govt. but some of us are working in the govt. We say that govt should restore all the things as soon as possible and we advice our family and relatives not to go outside. Govt consists of some people...They are also having family. Then why to blame them if their family suggests the same as we do to our relatives? Somebody has claimed under table corruption had made this thing happened. I agree there is much corruption in our system. But who created it? Its "WE". Because we are not ready to wait. We want thing to be done for us leaving behind others. It is not only govt, its we all who have failed. Its our attitude which has failed here. Better to change our attitude of blaming someone else to take initiative and do really something good.
Rain is not new for Mumbai. In recent years rains have caused havoc and disruption in Mumbai. People are aware of this fact and they have learned to live with it and under any circumstances they dont want to improver.
People shout at politicians, i dont think that would help. The realization needs to be from the root - \"people\".
On the other hand, I would ask where are all the so called Peoples People The Shiv Sainiks? They are powerful \"People\", they fight for all the useless insignificant causes (Indo-Pak cricket matches, paintings etc), why dont they do the same for preparing Mumbai for the worse? Improve the conditions by shouting at politicians to make life better (roads, buildings, emergency stations, fire stations etc).
They will not do that, doing all this will not bring any fame to them..
I dont even think whatever we scribble is just waste.. Very few people will read, by the end of the day they too will forget
This will continue ...........................................
I have been living in Mumbai for the past 25 years. The crux of the matter is not the blaming of the present administration but the fault lies in the execution of the administrative responsibilities by the corporation.People past and present just hog the limelight in crisis.You get a government as good as its people.As long as the auditors of the corporation are not honest this problem is going to remain endemic for ages to come.Does anybody amongst you know who the auditors of the corporation are.I am sure none of you will be ready for the answer because this kind of transparency just doesnt exist in this country.The alacrity and swiftness with which you ask questions in your own household.Why dont you ask the same questions to the government.In the US THE PEOPLE are the guiding force.Their laws are so much in order compared to our laws that the President of the United States is accountable to even an unemployed youth in the US.The media should play a socially responsible role as they are the carriers of information from the giver to the user as the print media,electronic media should be full of audited results instead of advertisements.
The whole situation created due to the bad planning is just pathetic. If South Mumbai can stay dry (or un-submerged), why can't the other areas ? the slums in the suburbs of mumbai are the first issue. Who lets these crop up in the first place ? That is a political party issue. Now for the drains. why can the BMC not fix these once and for all ? It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out how much of drainage is required to clear places like Matunga and Kurla. Can someone sit up and take action ?
What we have had in Mumbai over the past few days has not been deluge only in terms of the weather, but also a deluge of warnings for the rest of the country. Rain is but one natural calamity, many others are waiting to strike any of our 'cities'. I live in New Delhi, and after being here for almost a decade now, I have enough reason to believe that should a natural calamity like an earthquake is to strike our capital city, millions are going to pay with either their lives or their property, the taxation levied by nature against the superbly organised corruption racquet, which functions even better than corporates, to ensure that profit, and small-time ill-gotten profit is the only motive behind almost all planning and developement going on in and around our capital city. I shudder at the thought of the thousands of innocent people, who never knew what an organised city-life could be like, having to pay the ultimate price for something they never did. God help us, God help our banana republic. I choose to still be proud of a billion-plus strong battery of people, who are stripped naked of most basic human-rights in our country. Our country needs help, and fast.
Some of the posts here remind me of the one liner. "You have to be in the system to change the system."
It is very easy to sit outside India and coming up with series of suggestions, strategies and blames. If one thinks that one has got the ability, you are most welcome in India to CHANGE the system.
