Your article starts with words like "a couple of milimeters of rain . . .".
Please note that -
1. July 26, 2005 recorded highest rain fall in more than hundred years (in fact, probably, much higher than the next highest). 2. Over last couple of years the pattern of rainfall has changed whereby it rains very heavily over a very short duration of time (something similar to a cloud-burst). If at such a time, there is high tide the rain water has no scope to escape. 3. Again, over last couple of years bodies like the MMRDA (which seem to function like fiefdoms of their bosses and which were brought in to keep corruption caused by "politicians" (the guys whom we love to hate) at bay) have been acting extremely irresponsibly when it comes to monsoon planning. 4. It is shamefully obvious that the whole purpose of such articles which appear from time to time is to trigger a clamour for making Mumbai a separate state. I would like to know from these worthies as to what are the improvements made by the Delhi as a separate state which could not have been done by Delhi as a union teritory.
While not ruling out the need for being continuously on the look out for things which need to be improved in the city, I would strongly caution against conducting a patently insincere analysis with a predecided conclusion in mind.
. . .and please for heaven's sake stop that crap of "making Singapore/Shanghai/global financial hub etc" out of Mumbai.
