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Dear Sharell,
Please don’t get offended by my pro-Russian views. If by any chance I have hurt you I am extremely sorry.
The electricity and water supply in Mumbai is much better than in New Delhi or any other Indian city. The summers in New Delhi are very hot with the mercury crossing 45 degrees Celsius. In Delhi people on an average have to face 6 hours of power cuts daily. The hot and humid weather of Delhi makes matters further worse. Delhi is becoming more of an extension of the Thar desert. In Delhi most of the households receive water twice a day for 2 hours.
It is high time the government of India takes note of the current water, electricity crisis and take remedial measures. The remedial measures include the following
Increasing the installed power capacity of the nation by 25000 MW per year( India will need an estimated 800,000 MW of power by 2035 which is roughly six times the present installed capacity of 149,000 MW). Power thefts and transmission losses also have to be reduced.
Interlinking of rivers ,rain water harvesting,de-salanisation of sea water can help solve the water crisis. Rivers in North-East India have abundant water supply which can be diverted to water deficient rivers in other parts of the country.
Hi Shaunak, why would I be offended. You’ve made some very valid points. I think the situation is appalling. I’ve never lived in Delhi so I can’t comment, but I know Mumbai is relatively well off compared to a lot of places. It is extremely frustrating that the government can’t seem to act to remedy India’s problems. Even in Mumbai there are apparently 1,400 wells and borewells, but only 400 are functional. The rest haven’t been cleaned for years. Why doesn’t someone get to work and clean them? Or is it impossible because the BMC (municipal council) can’t even keep the nullahs properly clean for the monsoon.
Hope your landlord/lady doesn’t read the post….if he does he or his wife might make an unscheduled stopover and have a “talk”
Sharell – I can’t comment on the ineptitude of the Indian Gov’t but I know some people trying to remedy water shortage problems without waiting for the gov’t – isn’t that a common theme in India too
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Sharell: I haven’t experienced water cuts in my visit to Delhi area…
As you must know by now, their is tremendous disparity between the HAVE’S and the HAVE NOT in India. If the consulates and Embassy people have access to water and electricity 24/7 that means its there, just not spread fairly.
Sometimes I wish India had a dictator and was run like a private company like Tata. That would straighten everyone out.
Dev: There are water cuts in Delhi too. And they are bad, bad, bad water cuts. It’s criminal.
Sharell: You should make a visit to Delhi soon. We’re not as bad as we seem you know!
See there is nothing much the “system” can do here, when the sources themselves don’t have enough. Infact, compared to the other cities, Bombay has a much better water supply situation. And the municipal workers of the city are diligent and hardworking and do a decent job given the enormous population and utter lack of civic sense among the people.
It’s typical Indian lethargy to blame the “system” for our actions. It’s fast, and provides instant gratification, you see.
“Why don’t they clean the nullahs”? Why the hell do we dirty them in the first place.
“Why do the roads get flooded”? Do we bother about that when we throw that candy wrapper on the street?
“Why is the system so corrupt?” FYI, it is what gets most of the Indian elite’s work done.
It’s easy to blame the system. But it takes a lot of strength of character and sensitivity to change ourselves. If (we) the people don’t bother, there is little the poor BMC guys can do.(I refer to the actual labourers and workers, who are the unwitting targets of our idiotic diatribes and not to the corrupt higher-ups.)
But New Bombay didn’t have much of a problem regarding water at all
Infact we’re having water cuts not because of poor rains, but because a wall in the pumping station collapsed(probably because of heavy rains!)
Oh yes, I completely agree!! And something else I was surprised to discover recently — people aren’t billed according to the amount of water they use?? Apartments don’t have their own water meters? I just assumed water was pay per consumption like it is back home, but apparently it’s not here. Surely if it was, it would cut down on wastage?
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