I’d been busy with some work at the computer for quite a few days, and was mildly surprised that two corporate monsoon outings we were negotiating were suddenly pushed ahead “because of the rain”. Not having a clue as to what was happening in the world outside (I hadn’t been out of the home for days) I was understandably puzzled. After all, rain is what monsoon hikes are about!
And then……. I went on to investigate the television………….. Terrible stuff. After waiting so long for rain (the Kondana hike was rainless completely) when we got it, it was a flood. There are people who blame the ancient drainage system, others who blame the municipal machineries and their slack maintainence systems….. whatever, it was plenty of rain.
I say was, because after a heart stoppting period of two days of wondering if this was a repeat of last years disaster, the trains are back to normal, water has receeded (or rather drained out) and life is getting back to normal.
Programme enquiries are happening again, and thankfully, nothing that was booked got cancelled/postponed.
The city has learnt from last year’s experience. People were on a friendly lookout for residents in areas at high risk, schools, colleges and offices closed early to let people reach home safely, and we had electricity all through.
As I said, My work on the computer went on so uninterrupted, that I hardly noticed anything amiss. Thanks the powers above for this safe “monsoon crisis” after last year’s disaster.
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