Monsoon in Mumbai

mineja · Jul 4th, 2006, 15:16

How´z the situation?i hope IMers going to survive

anindya911 · Jul 4th, 2006, 15:34

Yeah! We will.

But a little soaked, drenched and dunked...

AvidTrekker · Jul 4th, 2006, 16:55

Half of us stayed at home yesterday and most of us are at home today.

Waterlogging on the streets.

Hence am at home.

Hence came to IndiaMike after quite a while...

palerider · Jul 4th, 2006, 17:23

I'm arriving on Sunday, and completely spinning. We get the monsoons in Oz, but we don't have to share them with fifty million people. Are they as horrific as said, or are ya just a bit waterlogged?. http://www.indiamike.com/india/image...es/tongue3.gif

amarshah · Jul 4th, 2006, 17:27

Well Monday was stuck for 3 hours while going to work at Powai from Kemps Corner .. was stuck at Dadar/Parel did come back ... on on Tuesday went via western-express high just o be stuck at the Andheri flyover for 2 hours and finally came back... Luckly me did take a u-turn in time.. itseems later on Tuesday Andheri (E), Highways etc got worst...

I STRONGLY feel the only solution is to pvt. the system than expecting BMC to solve the problem... Imagine the similar thing has happend with 152mm of rainfall as compared to last years 900odd mm of rainfall. it seems they have made the situation worse in the name of improving it...

anindya911 · Jul 4th, 2006, 17:38

Quote:

STRONGLY feel the only solution is to pvt. the system than expecting BMC to solve the problem... Imagine the similar thing has happend with 152mm of rainfall as compared to last years 900odd mm of rainfall. it seems they have made the situation worse in the name of improving it...

I feel the same way too,Amar.

The only improvement from the last year is that BMC/Govt are issuing warnings all too promptly...whether required or not...

Yeh hai Mumbai meri jaan...

Anindya

mani · Jul 5th, 2006, 01:53

Amar Bhai, Anindya,

The only solution is that we take all these Ministers, BMC officialls and people incharge and give them a dunk in this water.

Really it iritates me that after paying taxes and putting so much effort to keep our city clean we end up in this S*** dished up by these guys.

Last evening when I saw Mr. J Joseph give himself / BMC a pat on the back for having done a good job I felt like taking him to the my factory area in Andheri where we never had waterlogging untill last year and where the large open drain has not been cleaned or desilted as he was claiming.

We should all question these guys on what were they doing - under the right to information act.

Let us teach these guys that they cannot take us Mumbaikars for granted for so long.

Mani ( Drenched , dunked and at home)

greenchutney · Jul 5th, 2006, 02:20

palerider..here are some local newspapers to read whats going on. it can get pretty bad.

DNA Mumbai
Mid Day
The Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
Bombay Times
Mumbai Mirror

the politicians live in south bombay where nothing happens as in flooding and what not. move them to to nagpur/pune/nasik and create a union territory for bombay or independent administration of the city. there are too many hands and agencies at the moment, a ceremonial mayor, no planning, no vision, no leadership.

we are sitting on 100 year old sewage systems, a transport system bursting at its seams. the airport has one run way operational at a time, accident waiting to happen...and we stil love the city...!

aadil · Jul 5th, 2006, 02:55

I had a lovely time showing around a friend from Romania to the sights of Mumbai city from afternoon till pretty late at night!!! I don't think he ever expected me to come to his hotel at Crawford Market from Dadar today at least!!! And after I reached there pretty dry even after taking a bus from where I stay it seems I was the only crazy guy who was doing such a thing!!! We had a long long walk around the area and we enjoyed it too. Lots of rain, no trains, but the spirit was not dampened!!! And this too after working in the rains in the night shift yesterday!!!

Cheers,
Aadil.

amarshah · Jul 5th, 2006, 12:49

Well yesterday the status of Saki Naka etc.. was bad infact worse than 26 July 05 even. I can not reach my factory at Powai from south Mumbai... both the routes ... Central from Dadar - Chembur not possible as Parel / dadar down... western route Andheri Saki Naka down 4 feet... Road from Aarey Milk Colony to Powai closed ...... Today 5th July... Andheri to get flooded once again at 9am-10am ... so stuck once again...

shahronakm · Jul 5th, 2006, 13:21

During the rains saw lots of plastic bags, wrappers & lots of other litter floating in the flooded water.
Who is to blame for this ? Sure not the BMC. It is general public who is to blame for this.
Def. if so much litter is not there then we can cut down the damage drastically.

Ronak.

amarshah · Jul 5th, 2006, 13:33

Well this is a debate which can go on endlessly.. its the System in general which is faulty ...

greenchutney · Jul 5th, 2006, 13:43

cut down damage drastically?..not a chance brother if it was only plastic bags and litter. thats a start though. there is the 100 year old drainage system that the british built that still does its job in the island. the minute you get to suburbs, there has been rampant construction, unplanned and haphazard development and no proper drainage planned for this high density of population. add to slums and enroachments..what do ya do?

the BMC gets into the act a couple of months before the monsoon season. there is absolute lack of leadership, vision , strategy and planning. too many agencies.... no one to take responsibility, a ceremonial mayor, the governor is a ceremonial head as well sitting in that posh bungalow by the sea, the chief minister holds on to his chair...who knows when the rug under his is going to be pulled by that madam...no political will to take any decisions.

the revenue goes to delhi, bombay begs with a bowl/gets leftovers after bihar, environmental clearances take years and some random dandekar files a court case for even building a bridge..25 years or more it sits in some random file in some random shelf.....the wonderful thing called democracy...too much of it..committees, courts, analysis paralysis..pah!..calling mr khairnar, seshan, guiliani or lee kuan yew.

yes..the citizens have a bombay have a share in the fault but the leadership has failed them, their elected representatives have failed them..

navinkurian2002 · Jul 5th, 2006, 14:08

Hot Hot Vada pav with some spicy Green Chutney will definately keep us mumbaikars warm!!

greenchutney · Jul 5th, 2006, 14:32

we need to hold some of these leaders by the balls..and demand action...the governor, the CM (and is there a deputy CM), the mayor, johnny joseph all should be paid daily wages (no work no pay), made to live in dombivili or virar..(and i dont care if these areas come under BMC) and catch the morning and evening local back home.

such a waste of space, time and money..this governor and the mayor..who needs them?..rubberstamps, doorknobs, paperweights..let see what else i say of them....

that spicy green chutney gave me the worst runs the last time i had in the rainy season!..

Jul 4th, 2006, 15:16	#1
mineja Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: estonia Posts: 67	Monsoon in Mumbai How´z the situation?i hope IMers going to survive

Jul 4th, 2006, 15:34	#2
anindya911 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 434	Yeah! We will. But a little soaked, drenched and dunked... __________________ Let Your mind roam ... and the body will follow!

Jul 4th, 2006, 16:55	#3
AvidTrekker Veda Chanting & Mantra Yoga teacher Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: body in Mumbai, head in Himalaya Posts: 2,819	stay at home... Half of us stayed at home yesterday and most of us are at home today. Waterlogging on the streets. Hence am at home. Hence came to IndiaMike after quite a while... __________________ The Universe is an ellipsoid?... or a Spheroid?? If the sphere smiles... it becomes an ellipse. This IS Creation.

Jul 4th, 2006, 17:23	#4
palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	are the monnys as bad as they say?. I'm arriving on Sunday, and completely spinning. We get the monsoons in Oz, but we don't have to share them with fifty million people. Are they as horrific as said, or are ya just a bit waterlogged?. http://www.indiamike.com/india/image...es/tongue3.gif

Jul 4th, 2006, 17:27	#5
amarshah Maha Guru Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 844	Well Monday was stuck for 3 hours while going to work at Powai from Kemps Corner .. was stuck at Dadar/Parel did come back ... on on Tuesday went via western-express high just o be stuck at the Andheri flyover for 2 hours and finally came back... Luckly me did take a u-turn in time.. itseems later on Tuesday Andheri (E), Highways etc got worst... I STRONGLY feel the only solution is to pvt. the system than expecting BMC to solve the problem... Imagine the similar thing has happend with 152mm of rainfall as compared to last years 900odd mm of rainfall. it seems they have made the situation worse in the name of improving it... __________________ Cheers Amar Himalayan Trips - http://amards14.googlepages.com/

Jul 5th, 2006, 01:53	#7
mani Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: body in Mumbai - mind in himachal Posts: 476	Amar Bhai, Anindya, The only solution is that we take all these Ministers, BMC officialls and people incharge and give them a dunk in this water. Really it iritates me that after paying taxes and putting so much effort to keep our city clean we end up in this S*** dished up by these guys. Last evening when I saw Mr. J Joseph give himself / BMC a pat on the back for having done a good job I felt like taking him to the my factory area in Andheri where we never had waterlogging untill last year and where the large open drain has not been cleaned or desilted as he was claiming. We should all question these guys on what were they doing - under the right to information act. Let us teach these guys that they cannot take us Mumbaikars for granted for so long. Mani ( Drenched , dunked and at home)

Jul 5th, 2006, 02:20	#8
greenchutney Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: planet earth Posts: 1,578	palerider..here are some local newspapers to read whats going on. it can get pretty bad. DNA Mumbai Mid Day The Afternoon Dispatch & Courier Bombay Times Mumbai Mirror the politicians live in south bombay where nothing happens as in flooding and what not. move them to to nagpur/pune/nasik and create a union territory for bombay or independent administration of the city. there are too many hands and agencies at the moment, a ceremonial mayor, no planning, no vision, no leadership. we are sitting on 100 year old sewage systems, a transport system bursting at its seams. the airport has one run way operational at a time, accident waiting to happen...and we stil love the city...! Last edited by greenchutney : Jul 11th, 2006 at 22:28. Reason: to update the hyperlinks

Jul 5th, 2006, 02:55	#9
aadil Aircraft Service Engineer, Astronomer & Traveller Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Mumbai, India. (Lat 18.967 N, Long 72.833 E, Alt 11 m) Posts: 2,038	I had a lovely time showing around a friend from Romania to the sights of Mumbai city from afternoon till pretty late at night!!! I don't think he ever expected me to come to his hotel at Crawford Market from Dadar today at least!!! And after I reached there pretty dry even after taking a bus from where I stay it seems I was the only crazy guy who was doing such a thing!!! We had a long long walk around the area and we enjoyed it too. Lots of rain, no trains, but the spirit was not dampened!!! And this too after working in the rains in the night shift yesterday!!! Cheers, Aadil. __________________ Climb high; climb far; Your goal, the sky, Your aim, the stars!!!

Jul 5th, 2006, 12:49	#10
amarshah Maha Guru Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 844	Well yesterday the status of Saki Naka etc.. was bad infact worse than 26 July 05 even. I can not reach my factory at Powai from south Mumbai... both the routes ... Central from Dadar - Chembur not possible as Parel / dadar down... western route Andheri Saki Naka down 4 feet... Road from Aarey Milk Colony to Powai closed ...... Today 5th July... Andheri to get flooded once again at 9am-10am ... so stuck once again...

Jul 5th, 2006, 13:21	#11
shahronakm Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,851	During the rains saw lots of plastic bags, wrappers & lots of other litter floating in the flooded water. Who is to blame for this ? Sure not the BMC. It is general public who is to blame for this. Def. if so much litter is not there then we can cut down the damage drastically. Ronak. __________________ My Picture Gallery

Jul 5th, 2006, 13:33	#12
amarshah Maha Guru Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 844	Well this is a debate which can go on endlessly.. its the System in general which is faulty ...

Jul 5th, 2006, 13:43	#13
greenchutney Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: planet earth Posts: 1,578	cut down damage drastically?..not a chance brother if it was only plastic bags and litter. thats a start though. there is the 100 year old drainage system that the british built that still does its job in the island. the minute you get to suburbs, there has been rampant construction, unplanned and haphazard development and no proper drainage planned for this high density of population. add to slums and enroachments..what do ya do? the BMC gets into the act a couple of months before the monsoon season. there is absolute lack of leadership, vision , strategy and planning. too many agencies.... no one to take responsibility, a ceremonial mayor, the governor is a ceremonial head as well sitting in that posh bungalow by the sea, the chief minister holds on to his chair...who knows when the rug under his is going to be pulled by that madam...no political will to take any decisions. the revenue goes to delhi, bombay begs with a bowl/gets leftovers after bihar, environmental clearances take years and some random dandekar files a court case for even building a bridge..25 years or more it sits in some random file in some random shelf.....the wonderful thing called democracy...too much of it..committees, courts, analysis paralysis..pah!..calling mr khairnar, seshan, guiliani or lee kuan yew. yes..the citizens have a bombay have a share in the fault but the leadership has failed them, their elected representatives have failed them..

Jul 5th, 2006, 14:08	#14
navinkurian2002 Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai,India Posts: 863	Hot Hot Vada pav with some spicy Green Chutney will definately keep us mumbaikars warm!! __________________ It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare dream of meeting your heart's longing.

Jul 5th, 2006, 14:32	#15
greenchutney Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: planet earth Posts: 1,578	we need to hold some of these leaders by the balls..and demand action...the governor, the CM (and is there a deputy CM), the mayor, johnny joseph all should be paid daily wages (no work no pay), made to live in dombivili or virar..(and i dont care if these areas come under BMC) and catch the morning and evening local back home. such a waste of space, time and money..this governor and the mayor..who needs them?..rubberstamps, doorknobs, paperweights..let see what else i say of them.... that spicy green chutney gave me the worst runs the last time i had in the rainy season!..

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