Its been a while since I wrote my last blog..
I believe all my co-Mumbaikars are closely following the current water crisis in the city. Our blessed lakes going down to extremely low levels, talks about cloud seeding, fixing water pipes to avoid wastage etc.
I cannot help but imagine how helpless we are against nature. Last week it rained so much in the city but hardly rained in the lakes. All that fresh water, logged in our roads, rail tracks, going down the drain. We are completely helpless.
I was thinking about the phrase, "Water Water everywhere, not a drop to drink!" Very true saying indeed. Water was everywhere. People were wading through water, Vehicles were wading through water.....But then the taps ran dry.
We are helpless.....
Mumbai - The best city in the country (I am a biased Mumbaikar...my non-Mumbaikar Friends, please dont mind :-D). We have roughly 1% of India's population. We are surrounded by the seas. We are an island city. There is water everywhere! So what is this non-sense that we are short of water??
I have a feeling that de-salination of seawater is the best option. I read in the newspapers recently that Dubai, Chennai etc employ de-salination plants since they have acute water shortage. They do not have fresh water sources like we do. But then, Necessity is the mother of invention.
The Mediterrainean coast employs de-salination...not only for fresh drinking water, but also irrigation. I have heard Dubai plans to triple its de-salination capacity in the next 8 years.
The Indian Coast is surrounded by great seas and oceans. So what water shortage are we talking about? We need to focus our tax payers money not only on ground infrastructure, but also on creating infrastructure, which will provide the basic necessity of life - Water.
I sincerely believe that we should focus our efforts on such processes to end the water woes not only in Mumbai but also the rest of the country.
