Monsoon, mayhem and Mumbai seem inextricably linked. The rains have arrived with a vengeance and the city has to brace for a robust monsoon. Reports about unpreparedness, waterlogging have now unfortunately become a part of the season. If we can take a little solace, it is that there are fewer people on the roads. There are also small takeaways from here, of the things we may have done wrong, of why we should be even more cautious, what to look out for if this continues and why the responsibility now is literally doubled as we are in the middle of a pandemic.

No panic and push comes to shove situations on train platforms if this rain continues over the next three to four days. If a mad rush ensues, then, all our efforts at containment will be washed away in the first deluge itself and we’ll be back to a horror situation like at the start of the second wave.