Reading Soter's message below, a question pops up in my mind: Why is it 'good news' that Mumbai is reeling under a water crisis? What is so good about that bit of news? Has Soter lost all his sense of decency? Does he enjoy someone else's discomfort? Soter may be fighting for a great cause, but this attitude is totally unjustified. Let us have compassion on those who suffer.
>Message: 10 >Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:00:19 +0530 >From: "soter" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [Goanet] Mumbai's water woes >Message-ID: <001e01ca8555$b26e7c20$1901a...@user77948b9580> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >For those who are quick to cite the greatness of Mumbai at the least provocation, the good news is that >Mumbai is now reeling under a water crisis. A 100% water supply shut down once a week to certain areas in >rotation is going to be the reality in a few days time. Even doing this the authorities do not guarantee >improvement. Do we want this faulty planning model to be adopted in Goa? >Whatever the talk about economic development and employment, it is all bogus and that is why hordes of >migrants are encouraged to come to Goa to take up jobs. Every land has its carrying capacity and that should >form the basis of any development, not the needs of ever greedy humans. Planning to satisfy the needs >without regard to carrying capacity is bound to bring disaster. >There is a konkani adage which says, 'dukrak bhangar nhoi.' Those planners mentally conditioned to >developing slums and stench will only be comfortable with such development. We must remmeber that Goa is >not planned by goans but by UP-ites, Delhi-ites and kannadigas. Some Goans have shamelessly lost direction >and also joinned the race. Watch out before we go mad like the crazy cities of Mumbai and Delhi. > >-soter
