Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Something to learn from Chennai Monsoon

I was ill for more than a week which has prevented me from blogging....its been a very good monsoon for chennai......probably after a gap of nearly 9 years....the last time it rained so heavily....if i am correct it shd have been in 1996....i still remember it very much because that was the year when we graduated from Government College of Engineering. That also happened to be the year when my friends were visiting chennai, in search of their job....more than me my friends would remember it very well because they were visiting my house for the first time and they had to wade through water to reach my house....this year rain gods have been really been kind enough...because it has stopped raining most of the times when the situation was seeming to go out of control and has given some respite and chance for the administration to work out...but in general who is to be blamed for all the problems that has arisen out of rains....opposition blames ruling party.....ruling party blames opposition.....people blame officials....but ultimately it is the People to be Blamed. The worst thing is that, the act of few people puts a whole community in trouble......more and more lakes are shrinking or disappearing in chennai....and why is it happening??? It is the greedy people who want a house of their OWN, who do not mind tinkering with the documents, paying off the officials and build a house in what would have been a lake or a water storing body.....now the question arises aren't the officials at fault? yeah its true they are also to be blamed....so its a total collective responsibility and more or less like a chicken or egg story....but the final point is "PEOPLE" must change and must understand that they cannot take "NATURE" for granted....Unauthorized occupation is a menace and any government should keep a strict vigil...

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