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| Siba Prasad Maitra |
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| Yusuf Rassiwala |
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| Bihari Milwani |
The government had ordered the shutting of schools and colleges in the city, fearing a recurrence of yesterday's mayhem. With low pressure cloud activity building up, the met guys are expecting a “deluge-like situation in the next 48 hours". An advisory has been sent out not to stir out unless absolutely necessary.
Since nothing can be more “necessary” than our morning rendezvous, we dutifully followed the advisory
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| A breather, after the exercises today |
But then, there were a few faces conspicuous by their absence. Yusuf Rassiwala was in his glass store at Vile Parle yesterday when he realized that he was literally trapped in by the unrelenting downpour outside.
“The rainwater had already entered the interiors,” he narrated. “I waited for the rain to subside so that the water would recede and I could close shop and go home. But instead of receding, the water level kept rising. In any case, the roads were completely submerged and no vehicles were plying. Late afternoon I somehow walked to Mithibai College from where I got into a bus and managed to reach home at 10:00 pm. It was a harrowing experience.”
For Siba Prasad Maitra, things were no better, even as he was in his car. “I left my office (in Ghatkopar) at 3:00 pm only to get caught in a massive traffic jam from which there was no escape. The continuous rains and flooded streets were bad enough, but this was infinitely worse – more so, because it was Ganesh Immersion day and there were major traffic bottlenecks all along. Imagine, for three hours I was stranded on JVLR. My biggest fear was getting locked inside the car should rain water enter its circuitry. Still, I consider myself lucky to have made it home in five hours.”
Significantly, Bihari Milwani got lucky as he landed from Delhi by an afternoon flight yesterday. He attended his office in Khar and even managed to drive home in the evening without having to encounter any major hassle on the way. “There were problems, but those were manageable,” he said dismissively.
Lt Col Angad Singh (retd):
These days the climate has changed everywhere. In Mohali we had very heavy rains for a few hours and houses were flooded. Houston is also under water. Such abnormal rainfall and deluges are all man made and we are wholly responsible for them. We have to pay the price for upsetting nature's work.
Karun Sharma:
Situation was very bad due to the rains and flooding. My son took seven-and-half hours to reach the International Airport from BKC. On the way he helped two couples who wanted a lift. He could reach an hour before his flight was to take off.
2 comments:
These days the climate has changed every where. We are responsible for all these changes. The man , for his own convenience has changed the environments - thinking that it is progress.
However, this was a step retrogress. The climate has taken a step which was not expected. Now every where in the world e are having sunami, Houstan storms and rains which are very heavy.In Mohali we had very heavy rain in a few hours and the houses were flooded. These abnormal rains and deluges are man made and we are responsible for all these changes. We have to pay price for upsetting the Nature's wrk.
Situation was very bad as rains and flooding was concerned. Arun informed me that such situations in Mumbai shall keep coming because Mumbai originally is made of islands. My son took 7.5 hrs to reach from BKC to Airport from 2 PM to 9:30 PM.He on his way helped two couples giving lift to them & reached an hour before his international flight.
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