Rains everywhere...

What a season! Rains flooding this part of the world and people once again complaining that the administration is being ignorant/clueless about it. Not so long ago the very region that was supposed to have the scantiest rainfall next only to the Thar region is now inundated with water and its predicted to rain till December. Another strange phenomena. Usually rains dwindle down by September end or October beginning. Global Warming, I suppose. People are clueless. Isn’t administration also comprising of the same people? No wonder they’re clueless too if I may use the induction logic.

And the Electricity Department which always complains that it can only give so much power because the hydroelectric plants are shut down (due to lack of water levels in the reservoirs) cut the power the moment there’s a hint of rain. Reason? Falling wires might be a hazard. Agreed. Last known, the hydroelectric plants are still shut down due to maintenance. They had not foreseen such rainfall and so had left the turbines and other machinery to rust. Now since its raining heavens, they have started to work on these power generators and plan to generate some extra electricity. Hope they start before the rain stops.

Well, while all this is going on and we get bombarded by images of widescale flooding on TV, things seem to take a down turn for me. Rains excite me and also depress me. The starting of the rainy season is always exciting. I missed it this time. But I haven’t missed rain much after I returned. It just continues to drizzle at least for half hour everyday. Depressing. The roads are bad enough to drive. Depressing. You would require an off-roader to drive through them because there are no roads. Depressing. There is a spread of diseases everywhere and I can’t eat on the roadside stalls anymore. Yea, yea, depressing. What a pity! Wish we could do something about it. I can’t control rainfall but at least I could ask the people who tax me build better roads. Why can’t roads be built that can last for some years? Why do they have to be dug up every few days? Don’t think I’m asking these questions like a moron who doesn’t know anything about roads or road construction. I’m a Civil Engineer by qualification and I had specialized in Transportation Engineering. And I have seen other countries where the climate is harsher but the roads are just lovely to drive on no matter what the season is. As a concerned citizen can I do something more than question the government or cuss the government for not doing anything? That’d be mocking my own inability and cussing myself. The government’s been elected by democracy and I was a part of this democratic system. So I guess I should stay put at home and keep checking my mail and add to my blog or keep reading back issues of Top Gear which I had missed while I was away. At least the cars look nice in pics. Which reminds me. I should get my car serviced. Poor thing, it has had a tough time with all my driving in the potholed roads. I’m sure its gonna cry one day and plead for mercy.

Ah! Rains! You’ve overstayed your welcome. You’d been late this year like any true Indian. But make sure you’re on time next year. Ciao.