This week many schools in Assam have declared holidays because of heat wave. Heat wave in Assam? You might say I’m joking. But it’s true. Why only Assam? The entire north-east and North Bengal have had very scanty rains this season. Which is quite unusual to say the least.
Not a season passes without Assam not having floods in the valleys. Almost same goes for North Bengal. Teesta, Torsa, Brahmaputra are all mighty rivers that turn fearsome during monsoon, with Brahmaputra easily taking the pole position in its fury and ability to cause devastation.
This year is different and that’s really a wonder. It’s a big surprise too to see arid Gujarat as well as vast stretches of Maharashtra and MP unable to cope with prolonged floods, having to experience pounding rains for days without end.
Surat’s plight, never-ending nightmare.
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It is said the engineers at Ukai dam on the river Tapi could not promptly gauge the rising water level – unexpected as it was for them – and when the time ultimately came for releasing massive amount of water, it swept the Surat city and adjoining petrochem nerve center, Hazira.
Mumbai’s condition is equally worse. It’s a harsh way to come to terms with flooded locales as the scene repeats last year’s debacle. Skeptics argue that the changed weather phenomena have everything to do with global warming. Perhaps there is a ring of truth there.
Mumbai’s watery thoroughfare – hassles of living.
Picture source : http://www.dancewithshadows.com/suma/images/rain1.jpg.
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