Feeling
extremely sorry for the people of #chennaifloods and #Cuddalore. Many people, even those
who lived in proper/luxury buildings have also lost all their belongings with
the #flood waters.
When a city
develop, it’s infrastructure should also get developed at the same or faster
pace!!!. But unfortunately this did not happen in Chennai; Well not only
Chennai; I would say most of the Indian Cities). I myself have lived in
Bangalore, I know that a 2-3 days of rain is more enough to chock the city to
halt. I guess same is the story for Mumbai and Kolkata as well ?
It would
say, it’s a warning signal for all the Indian cities. Chances are we won't
listen to the warnings. We will continue to build by covering up water bodies :( ; but still at least some of us should take a lesson from this disaster and correct ourselves.
And it’s
the high time that the government should really think to build large monsoon drains
and canals and channel rainwater to man-made reservoirs. It will elevate our
summer water problem as well. The present map of the cities must be compared
with the maps of 1950-1960, to see the differences in the green belts, lakes,
water bodies, rivers, streams etc. If any water reservoir, drainage area or
other environmentally sensitive areas are found to be encroached upon, then the
government must restore them and also prevent further encroachments.
Above all,
we as a responsible citizens, should never throw our rubbish and waste into
monsoon drains and canals to chock them.
It's really awful to see the picture of people leaving Chennai in groups :(
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