23 days to go...



Today's news has me worried..Nahhh!!! I dont mean the same ramblings & the post mortem like analysis of the budget by some so called experts who are going on like drones on the budget..I refer to the news that Mumbai's lakes have almost bottomed out and the Western suburbs have only water left for 23 days more.The almost 60 lac denizens of the western 'burbs are going to have a tough time ..the civic body for a change is trying its best to handle the situation with cutting off water supply to under construction buildings and reducing the supply to hotels,swimming pools & parks, but too little too less.The water supply for Mumbai which comes from six lakes within Mumbai’s precincts has grown over the last 130 years but so has the population in Mumbai (now that is another story which can lead to many heated debates), which essentially lays lot of stress on the city's infrastructure.These six lakes being Tansa, Modak, Bhatsa, Vaitarna, Tulsi, Upper Vaitarna and Powai.
I dread to imagine what will happen...We are in the monsoons in July and this is the situation,what will happen for the remaining part of the year. Some questions which are best left unanswered.The worst part is that though the western suburbs are receiving medium to heavy rainfall since the last 2 weeks or so, the catchment areas i.e. where the lakes are,which supply water to the city are hardly receiving any rains.
Just hope some miracle takes place & the heavens open up & it rains like crazy, in the lakes that is...

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