an IMPROVEMENT….a little too LATE !!

Yesterday, my brother left for Dubai for business meetings. It was raining heavily then too and his flight was delayed only by 2 hours..which is much better then what has happened to many other flight passengers…both domestic and international. On our way to the airport we saw lot of improvement in respect to the flood situation handling by the BMC and the POLICE FORCE.

BMC workers were seen cleaning up the pile of garbage that had gathered in and around JUHU SCHEME. Police patrolling vehicles seen practically every 10 mins. Most of the areas, electricity had been restored. Though KALINA & SANI NAKA are still without WATER AND ELECTRICITY. Regular updates were being posted on TV and RADIO. Flights in and out of Mumbai have started again and the trains are also working.

So it seems that the Government has finally got its act together and started to put the MUMBAI DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN into action. However, i am sure most of the Mumbai feels that it has happened to late. But then come to think of it, its ‘BETTER LATE THEN NEVER’.

However TODAY is a different story,the rainfall is much more heavier and regular then yesterday and most of the low-lying areas have been again filled up with water. Trains are again effected and so are the flights. On the brighter side i did see POLICE CARS patrolling on the roads and the BMC workers cleaning up in MIDC, Andheri East. Lets hope they continue doing their work.

According to the officials :

Beginning July 31, Mumbai has again been in the grip of incessant rains.