Right from the month of March the womenfolk in chennai would carry plastic pitchers to collect water from the metro water lorries. They are the "life-savers" of the city ironically, they claim many lives on the chennai roads.
No amount of rain is sufficient for "ever-thirsty channaites".Thanks to illogical planning of the city and encroachment of lake beds and the catchement areas of the lakes. This city is known for lakes. (because this place falls under thondaimandalam region ofthe state). Everbody were praying for raingod to relent because this year summer stretched till October. Last week, rain god ,indeed, relented but chennaites were in no mood to accomodate him. Because, chennai city cannot tolerate two hours of rain continously. Blame it on archiac drainage systemof the city. All low lying areas were inundated. Now the people of chennai praying to the same rain god "enough is enough".
Last year, city reservoirs were full to the brim and the authorities opened the sluice gates of the reservoirs without any prior intimation. As a result, both south and north portionS of the city got submerged . Now, let us pray such a situation should not arise this year...........
