Terrible tuesday-05
by Parijat Joshi on Jul 25, 2006 01:18 PM
I still can not forget that terrible day. Everything was going fine till afternoon. Around 2 PM I started from my office in Prabhadevi to meet one of our clients in Lower Parel( am working as Sales Manager with an MNC ). Around 2 30 PM , amidst meeting i got a call from my wife that its a heavy downpour not seen before and i should immediately start. But like typical mumbai rains, i ignored and thought its lke routine rains and will stop. But moment i left Parel, trouble started. I could not cross the Parel bridge and had to comeback. Still I was cool & calm thinking of moving ahead when rains receds. Situation started worsening and i could see water level reaching half of my car doors ....I could see many Men, women and children getting panicay.. In the middle of the night, made one more attempt to move further but of no luck. Whole night was spent in the car with no communication with family. Only companion was FM radio. Next day morning, started around 7 30 AM but could barely reach Bandra and due to traffic jam, had to park my car near Khar and from there, started walking...thanks to Mumbaikars for distributing snacks and water .. finally reached home (Andheri ) around 2 PM...
