Raining and draining
When it rains tip-tip heart beats dhak-dhak but when it rains fast then the chances of heart attack rises.
Yeah! It happens with hundreds of shop-owners of jwalapur market after that unforgettable night of 18-jully last year. Situation was so terrific and dreadful that people were unable to understand that is the city under the water or the water is in the city! How did people manage to reach at home, they know themselves only.
Politics had been cooked on the millions of rupees loss of the traders. But traders got nothing except the cold shower of sympathy. By the passing time rain stopped and people forgot. Nobody tried to find out why all this happened this time only.
Two years back newly formed market association took a decision of road expansion in market by destroying extended covered area or slabs on the drains and replace them with cemented slabs adjoining road this time so that vehicles can be parked on the slabs and let the road free for traffic. Planning was good indeed but it requires lot of engineering before implementation. Local administration, without any survey and planning, started the work. Contractor had been obliged with the bulk order of cemented slabs. Most of the slabs were defected and broken. Previous slabs were being destroyed and they let the debris remained beneath the drains. No cleaning work had been performed. New slabs were put and finished the work with thick layer of cement. After finishing, a slab had become almost 10-12inches thick. Almost one and half feet space had been occupied by the slabs and debris jointly, which was totally free earlier. Where and how did the rain water go? Obviously in this situation water level would have increased. In other words, drains had been shorten down to half.
It’s been almost a year but the situation hasn’t been changed yet. No precautionary steps has been taken to avoid losses of traders. More space has still been occupied with the thick slabs. Are we waiting for another 18-jully.
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