Mumbai Chikened Out

Mumbai Chikened Out
Originally uploaded by firozeshakirphotographerno1

This was shot last year , today I shot pictures too on negatives on my F100, the situation is te same, gutters choked, water logged , man stranded , this is Bandra Bazar Road, I did not venture any further , to my shop and bachk home.Disaster Management a total hogwash.
The Ad Guru Alyque Padamsee appealed to our Chief Minister to come lead the helpless from the front , take a dip in the unholy waters of this Maha Mumbai Kumbh.
This picture is not very far from where I stay, all these pictures are on my homesite a gallery of pain called Bandra Bizarre Road.. Bandra Bezar Road..but Bandra Bazar road all the same..
I copy a few excerpts from kind courtesy :
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070017...

"Rain halts life in Mumbai"

"NDTV Correspondent
Saturday, June 30, 2007 (Mumbai)
Heavy rainfall in Mumbai has flooded the busy Andheri, Worli, Sion, Kurla, Wadala, Chembur, Borivili, Kandivili and Malad areas.

The showers also crippled transport systems on the ground forcing diversions to avoid flooded roads and disrupted rail services.

There was chaos at the Mumbai airport with no flights landing or taking off till late afternoon.

The airport has now reopened but with a huge backlog of flights many passengers are still stranded.

The weather office has forecast more rainfall throughout Saturday.

The Army has been kept on standby in Kalina, one of areas which was worst affected by the 2005 rain disaster.

The Mithi river, which had flooded in 2005 is rising and authorities have said that people living near the river may be moved out if levels continued to rise.

Given the gravity of the situation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has ordered all officials related to flood control to stay in office for the next 24 hours.

Trains halted

Trains on the Central and Harbour lines have been halted and services on the Western line are running behind schedule.

Western Railway has cancelled nine and diverted four trains heading to mumbai.

Schools shut down abruptly and students turned back home in the showers.

The Education Department has extended the date for junior college admissions for Mumbai, Thane and Raigad to July 2 due to heavy rains.

Slums in several areas of Mumbai, including Asia's largest slum Dharavi have been submerged.

Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak has said the city storm water drains had capacity to cope with upto 40 mm of rainfall but over 178 mm of rainfall has already been recorded.

In thane, two persons have been electrocuted. The Fire brigade is having a tough time attending to calls of heavy flooding in the low-lying areas, from where people were shifted to safer places.

Slums in the city were also inundated.

A building in Malad was evaucuated after fears it might collapse in the bad weather.

The BMC has said its disaster management teams are working to free drains to let the water recede.

Increasing water level

In Sangli the level of river Krishna is rising steadily due to heavy showers.

The river level is at 36 feet and inching closer to the danger mark of 45 feet .

There are reports of water entering low-lying areas along the river and villages being cut off due to flooding.

Reliance Energy and BEST, providers of power in the city and suburbs, have cut supply in various places, particularly low-lying ones, as a precaution.

Raigad district

The army has been called in to help with rescue operations in the Konkan region.

Water stood at four-feet level in the streets of Mahad region in Raigad district.

About 1000 people were evacuated to safe places and two people reportedly died after a landslide.

Water level in Krishna river touched the 36 mark, but danger level is 45 and the water is rising.

Flooding also cut off five villages in the region. "

Back to my Bandra Bazar Road, nothing has changed much, misfortunes is our lot, we the eunuched souls that once in a while called Marathi Manoos, Mee Mumbaikar...
We weep like the rains as they fall on our heads and remind us of out Municipal Mortality..
The Municiplaty kills us much before God does...