Waiting for the rains and then it poured on July 14th, Mumbai again came to a standstill. No matter how much hard earned tax-payers money is utilised (are they by the BMC) the situataion is still the same.
Just a down pour for 10 hrs and 200 MM of rains this time , remember in 2005 it was 990MM , but we were still struggling to survive, the Mithi river had crossed the danger mark and then it receded because the rains stopped, other wise it was disaster.
Garodia Nagar and the surrounding colonies were as usual flooded, and as written in my earlier post, this year it was more so because the BMC started tiling the concrete cover over the gutters post June 20th, and the mess and quality is less said the better.
Clicked few flooding photos of the day - couldn't take out the camera as it was very heavy rains and would have damaged it beyond repair.
Now the eclipse and the hide tide for the next few days will determine wheter the city be able to survive if the rains are heavy on these days.
The neighbours from the ground floor did not want to take a chance and few have them have kept some of their furniture's other stuff with mattress in higher floor residents homes.
But all in all a welcome relief from the unbearable summers and water shortage problems.
Just a down pour for 10 hrs and 200 MM of rains this time , remember in 2005 it was 990MM , but we were still struggling to survive, the Mithi river had crossed the danger mark and then it receded because the rains stopped, other wise it was disaster.
Garodia Nagar and the surrounding colonies were as usual flooded, and as written in my earlier post, this year it was more so because the BMC started tiling the concrete cover over the gutters post June 20th, and the mess and quality is less said the better.
Clicked few flooding photos of the day - couldn't take out the camera as it was very heavy rains and would have damaged it beyond repair.
Now the eclipse and the hide tide for the next few days will determine wheter the city be able to survive if the rains are heavy on these days.
The neighbours from the ground floor did not want to take a chance and few have them have kept some of their furniture's other stuff with mattress in higher floor residents homes.
But all in all a welcome relief from the unbearable summers and water shortage problems.
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