The recent flood in Mumbai and other cities of Maharastra State is unprecedented. It is a fact that one cannot plan for any extreme situations. But this argument does not help the planners and people involved in governance escape from their responsibility. In India nothing is done with technical back up, sound engineering consideration and prioritizing of activities. Huge sums of money are being drained in preparation of plans, schemes and proposals through various consulting agencies, but it is found that either the reports are faulty, or thrown in the dustbin for some unexplained reasons. Hence it is highly essential that the plans and programmes must be done with sound technical back up and implemented thoroughly and completely. Let the system works with the support of knowdgeable persons than the whims of the a few persons who take upper hand in the planning and programming process because of their position. The technocrats and planners must also understand they should stand to it. Everything has a technical solution, and we have reasons achieve it. The technocrats must accept it as a challenge honestly and the people in governance must allow them to achieve that and deliver.
