i am a mumbaikar living in New York right now.. past whole week i have been reading about the devastation caused by the torrential rains in mumbai on 26th July. i have been going through people's comments & their experiences during that period.. though im NY i could empathise with people in mumbai coz i have faced the problems caused by heavy rains till last year.. just a afterthought on all this, firstly i would like to mention that our weather bureau needs to be more efficient in forecasting.. i agree that weather is unpredictable, but i think updating our system is not impossible. a more accurate forecast would have cautioned people & saved human lives.. also i feel that our disaster management team needs to be more efficient, & to help them our civic authority should take necessary steps before the monsoon begins like cleaning the sewages, & improving the roads.. i lived in the western suburbs & over the past 2 years i have seen it grow beyond its capacity.. there are so many highrises, with limited access.. the traffic has increased, & so have the potholes.. in simple words, the situation has worsened.. we all have to accept that mumbai cannot expand!
