I am pretty sure Mumbai will bounce back. No second thoughts about that. Ofcourse we cannot blame the government officials for the calamity. 37.1" of rainfall is a lot. Many places in India dont get that amount in an entire year. Sure our drainage systems arent the best in the world, but they are still efficient in "normal" circumstances. True the progress rate is slow and the politicians arent what they ought to be. Now we get the news that the PM is going to visit Mumbai. This means that there will be hundreds of policemen and security officials involved in protecting him. There will be road bandhs wherever he goes for security reasons, which is fine, but is this what Mumbai needs right now? Wouldnt it make more sense if those security personnel were involved in rescue operations and other relief work? This happened even when there were dual blasts in the city at the gateway and mumbadevi. Sonia gandhi and Advani were here to see the people in the hospital. Why? All they did was caused inconvenience to patients, doctors and relatives. Is this what we need? Is a life of an INDIAN worth political mileage?
