Mumbai has a coastline that can serve as a waterway for transport. The government should think on this lines as it would also be the cheapest way to ease the load on roadways and railways
The CM of Mumbai said if 'rains cooperate', & that the population is excessive hence the infrastructure can't cope with the aftermath of the deluge.He said to NDTV that a 'high level' meeting of high officials was called etc etc. 2. It is time NDTV stopped airing such trash. Instead only convey what is the situation on ground. People who view the images can judge the extent of distress caused & the effect of mitigating efforts put in by the 'State' & other voluntary orgs, if any. Also focus on what Balasaheb's Shiv Sainiks did for the stranded commuters esp the children in schools, women commuters & other hapless workers who had to trudge long distances wading in water. 3.Needless to add that some 'smart' NDTV reporters will show the Army/Navy trying to ferry some stranded people in inflatable rubber dinghies. 4.The lady who was with her small child stranded at the Airport having arrived in New Delhi instead of Mumbai eloquently summed up her anguish & wowed never to fly IA or AI even after having paid USD 2000-2500 to fly in from Minneapolis & was bound to a Southern destination. Surely the Duty Officer & his Staff could provide some basic service like a little food/sandwiches!
It is really pity that rediff.com is using western style notation for numbers in the news article related to flood / rain in Mumbai. It was mentioned as 150,000 instead of 1,50,000 which is the normal Indian usage.
As per data, the highest single-day rainfall of 187 cm in the world was recorded by Cilaos on March 15-16 in 1952, a station in the La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, 400 miles east of Madagascar.However, going by the data of 1875 to 1990, there have been only two stations in India, both in Meghalaya which recorded a rainfall of more than 100 cm and they are Cherrapunjee (104 cm on June 14, 1876) and Jowai (102 cm on September 11, 1877).
The highest rainfall recorded in mainland India in one day before the Independence was 99 cm on July 2 at Dharmpur in the North Konkan-South Gujarat coast during the cyclonic storm in July 1941.However, the record was broken when a cyclonic storm hit the north Kerala coast in the first week of May 2004. In that year, Amni Devi Island recorded a rainfall of 118 cm on May 6, 2004, Lakshmianrayanan said. "
Dear Mr.Sharma, director of the meteorological department Mumbai rain fall may be highest in India [94.4 centimeters (37.1 inches)] but it is far behind the highest in the world. I am not saying "GOOD LUCK" next time to MUMBAINS ;-)
Greatest Rainfall in the World Over One Day Total Rainfall: 72 inches Location: Foc Foc, La Réunion Date: Jan 6-7 1966 Note: The island of La Réunion holds all major rainfall records from 9 hours to 8 days. The island is located 400 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
Greatest Rainfall in the World Over One Day Total Rainfall: 72 inches Location: Foc Foc, La Réunion Date: Jan 6-7 1966 Note: The island of La Réunion holds all major rainfall records from 9 hours to 8 days. The island is located 400 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
Where did you get that information? And what's your birth year? must be 1995, or later; right?
Check your resources and double check them whenever in future you are going to provide such data to readers.
15-20 years back, it used to rain weeks and months of continuous rains. It is just that the population is more than doubled now and we are having more economic and human losses than ever. But if we are setting up buildings in rivers and even in the ocean for that matter, who can stop this loss? Everything in India goes unplanned, so the civic structures.
