Chennai in crisis as authorities blamed for dire water shortage.

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Four reservoirs supplying India’s sixth largest city dry up as state accused of inaction.

Residents arrange plastic pots filled with drinking water in an auto rickshaw at a distribution point in Chennai, India. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
▼ Authorities in Chennai have been criticised for failing to deal with a crippling water shortage that has brought the Indian city to crisis point, leaving taps dry in homes and forcing schools, offices and restaurants to close as temperatures soar.
The four reservoirs supplying the bulk of the city’s drinking water have completely dried up, leading the Chennai Metro Waterto cut the water it provides by about 40%.
The crisis in India’s sixth largest city comes as the country struggles to deal with a heatwave that has caused hundreds of deaths, with 184 people killed just in the eastern state of Bihar. Temperatures reached 48C near the airport in Delhi last week and above 50C in Rajasthan.
The water shortage in Chennai started several weeks ago and Madras’s high court has criticised the Tamil Nadu state government for inaction. The court accused the government on Tuesday of waiting passively for the arrival of the monsoon instead of proactively handling the water crisis which, it said, did not happen in a day.
Entire families are managing their drinking and cooking needs with two or three pots of water in searing temperatures of more than 40C. Residents are forced to wait for municipal or private water tankers to bring drinking water, leaving little or nothing for laundry or bathing.  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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Rhett_Bassard

I last lived in Chennai 2002-2007 hearing the same story. Amma (CM) was a big (pun-intended) proponent of water harvesting. I guess people didn't listen, cops took their Rs.50 and nothing changed except for the worse. I used to ride my Bullet (look left) out by some of the reservoirs and they were a mess then.

Are any other Madraasi surprised?

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Rhett Bassard 21-6-2019 12:49 AM
I last lived in Chennai 2002-2007 hearing the same story. Amma (CM) was a big (pun-intended) propone ...

The old saying applies in this unfortunate situation: «You do not know what you have, until you lose it.»
The water crisis is a situation caused by several factors, some of which are not controllable, such as climate, but other factors are entirely human responsibility.
In South America, similar situations also exist, however, the water crisis in Chennai has surpassed what is sometimes seen in these parts.
If in the hands of the authorities is the responsibility to prevent and deal with crisis situations, who assumes the responsibility of choosing mediocre politicians and authorities?

ssangra

the only way out is to subject the politicians to same facilities and lack of them. A bori (burlap bag) chappal treatment will b best to get them cracking ( this means wait till mantri/ politician there..throw a burlap bag on him or her and beat them to pulp with a chappal (footwear) till they repair the situation). They are getting 27000 litres for personal consumption free of cost as a priviledge while people die of thirst

Pedro_P

ssangra 21-6-2019 05:58 AM
the only way out is to subject the politicians to same facilities and lack of them. A bori (burlap b ...

The law of talion: eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. It can almost be said that it is the epitome of perfect justice, but unfortunately there is a very harmful risk if it is applied, it could cause everyone involved to lose their eyes and teeth.
However, the claims of the citizens of Chennai , they are just and urgent, and the inaction and apathy of the authorities are absurd in the face of the critical situation.
We can only wait for the people to choose their authorities better next time.
That is why it is very important to vote and choose with the head.

ssangra

I agree with u regarding the risk if this is taken to the extreme however I said Chappal and not swords A little bit of whacking will do wonders. Its like with a child , a slap or two wont hurt if it is corrective and not harmful.
In a country where people dont speak up being afraid of people in power, nothing will ever improve. That is where India is very different from say Hong Kong or France. We just dont have guts.
Its esoteric to keep waiting for people to chose better leaders. It wont ever happen in a country where the only lord is money. So is best we accept this and then demand that the lords in the parliaments and assemblies get their backend off their comfy sofas and get their ass on fire doing what they are supposed to do i.e. basic governance and planning for water WHEN THERE IS NO MONSOON. Once they are kicked in their backends only will things improve a small % that too. Sir the place where u seem to live is like paradise compared to this.

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ssangra 21-6-2019 11:02 AM
I agree with u regarding the risk if this is taken to the extreme however I said Chappal and not swo ...

Well, swords or chappal, the fact is that one should not go to that extreme of taking justice by your own hand, as it can trigger an escalation of irrational violence.
What I do worry about is that it is still believed that violence against children, as part of their education, is good and is allowed. A child who grows up under the repression of violent punishments and/or psychological aggression, ends up harmed in their psychological, emotional and intellectual growth and development. The punishment by means of blows, even if slight, is a practice proper to animal beasts, and not own to a species such as human, where thought and reason are supposedly a distinctive sign of our species. More education and love, less ignorance and beatings.
Unfortunately, South America is not a paradise, although a popular song says it is... India and South America have many similarities and face similar problems, typical of developing countries.
However, the only way to reverse this situation of adversity is quality education. And certainly, there are authorities who feel comfortable and satisfied with having people living in ignorance and poverty.
But the change, should not come from the authorities, but rather, should be born of people, but if people privilege emotion instead of giving way to reason, the outcome will not be desired and fatal.
In any case, without a good quality education, there will be no freedom either.

ssangra

Ok pt conceded on fact that aggression should only b one sided - from ruling party on helpless citizens as that is what finally happens among mollusc citizens.
Parents never ever hit a kid violently if they really love them and kids understand the reprimand if any.
I thought the amazon was more beautiful if left to itself.
Education is important to open the mind to myraid possibilities. However a person may be educated and finely talented but it may largely still get wasted in both our countries for the sheer lack of gainful opportunity. What one needs the chappal for is to ensure that the blokes appointed to generate those opportunities work at generating them and work their a** off for it.

ssangra

A man lives in more fear of his mother-in-law than his own parents and for a very good reason. She is trained with armed warfare with rolling pin and has years of experience in wielding the same on any hapless half chromosomal entity in the vicinity. Further she is a great trainer and has trained the wife on wielding the tool equally well. Violence of any form is condemnable on humans...they shiver at the very name of the mother in law and appropriately so. After all as a wise druid recently illuminated us that "The punishment by means of blows, even if slight, is a practice proper to animal beasts, and not own to a species such as human, where thought and reason are supposedly a distinctive sign of our species. More education and love, less ignorance and beatings."

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ssangra 21-6-2019 03:54 PM
A man lives in more fear of his mother-in-law than his own parents  and for a very good reason. Sh ...

Error, I did not say that violence must be unilateral, but rather that violence can cause a worse escalation. In a country, anyone who claims to be one, there are ways by which people settle their differences, without the use of force or weapons, that is the way of reason and legality, for that are the courts and the legislation that gives them meaning. In almost all countries, revenge is punishable by imprisonment, because it is assumed that a person should not be a judge and party and exercise justice by their own hand.
But on the other hand, there is the legitimate claim of a society or group of citizens, which should also be done through the appropriate channels, and not exercising violence as a language for them to be heard. Nobody would want to sit down to talk, with the sword of Damocles hanging over his head, that is, there is no way to dialogue with someone who threatens your life.
When there are no reasonable ways to channel the protest of the people, unfortunately violence will be the common language and repression will be the answer to those claims.
When a child is punished, that fact alone is already a manifestation of violence, children process violence, not as we process it adults, children assume that their lives are in danger because the person who must protect them is capable of ignoring or assault them. One can see an adult scolding slightly a child, but the child sees a being much larger than himself and with it the potential to inflict harm him/her. If you want to know how a child feels in front of an adult who scolds you, just lock yourself in a room with a polar bear... ;)
The upbringing of children who are mildly/strongly affected by parental violence, generates submissive and potentially aggressive adult people. Perhaps that is why most people are submissive to authoritarian governments, but at the same time, they are people who can easily lose control and attack.
There may be a lack of opportunities, but in my experience, if opportunities are not at hand, then one must build those opportunities... Certainly, education (with creativity, inventiveness and initiative) greatly influences that creation of opportunities... Unfortunately not all people have access to an education that develops the potential of the people.
Another mistake, the mothers-in-law are not afraid of them, but rather, they have to be kept away for as long as possible, they are the stone in the shoe that no one in their right mind wants to carry... By the way, not all mothers-in-law are bad, for example, mine lives in another country
It is possible that there are people who feel comfortable with someone introducing her spoon in your soup dish, I am not.
On this side of the world, mothers-in-law do not they have a good image, because they are usually mothers who have not yet overcome the fact that their daughters and sons are already adults and need their own space free of interference to form their own families. But I suppose that in the future, women who become mothers-in-law will understand the value of keeping their distance. It seems that the Indian mothers-in-law are more benevolent than Latina mothers-in-law... You are very lucky...
Oops...  By the way, group your answers in a single reply, so that it is easier to read.