Really miss those rainy days, when reaching the school completely drenched there is a sweet surprise awaiting you.
Hurry! The school is closed today.
Really wonder if there are rainy day offs in the schools in Bangalore, because rainy season here extends to almost 3-4 months as compared to 1-2 months in my home town Kanpur.
When I was in college in Delhi we used to wait for the rainy season with bated breath. That was our freedom from intense hot climate, but most of the times monsoon ditched us.
Anyways college days are things of past but what if there were rainy day closes in offices too? Well we had couple of half day's last year when due to heavy rains the Silk Borad junction was flooded and many people celebrated a virtual rainy day because of the severe jams on Hosur Road.
Beware junta, Bangalore rainy season is on the doorstep. Be ready to get wet and jammed!
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Sardar Sarovar Dam
The Sardar Sarovar Dam is in news because Medha Patkar has been on hunger strike for the last 8 days against the increase in height of the dam on Narmada river. It is said that increase in height of the dam will improve the irrigation conditions in many draught stricken villages in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It will also provide clean way of generating electricity. But the people from Narmada Bachao Andolan say that increase in height will cause complete destruction of the land and homes of the people who dwell around the banks of the river, moreover the Govt. of India has not been able to rehabilitate each and every displaced people.
Well it seems that the Dam will come as a boon to many but will be a bane to tribals and villagers who have been living at the banks of the Narmada river since a long time.
Government should first provide complete rehabilitation to the people who are going to be displaced due to the dam and only then it should think about increasing the height of the dam.
Dams are really effective in solving the electricity and irrigation needs of the people but this should not come at the price of people who lose everything in this trade off. Development is must and so is the use of technology but both of them should go hand in hand with humanity.
Well it seems that the Dam will come as a boon to many but will be a bane to tribals and villagers who have been living at the banks of the Narmada river since a long time.
Government should first provide complete rehabilitation to the people who are going to be displaced due to the dam and only then it should think about increasing the height of the dam.
Dams are really effective in solving the electricity and irrigation needs of the people but this should not come at the price of people who lose everything in this trade off. Development is must and so is the use of technology but both of them should go hand in hand with humanity.
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