Rain gods and civic gods, are you listening?
Updated On: 08 July, 2024 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona Fernandez
Our sutradhaars reconvene after a month and take stock of the city’s wellbeing and its woes that seem to increase with every changing season
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Sir PM was pacing up and down at the back of the Cathedral, the space behind the pews where one could get a good view of the goings-on in front by the altar, as well as keep an eye on those entering the place of worship. It was well after service, and he was waiting to meet Lady Flora who was expected any moment now. It was nearly a month since they had last met; both were on holiday. While Sir PM went to visit family in Bharuch, Lady Flora did the long trip to the British Isles.
When he spotted her, Sir PM saw no trace of the fatigue that comes with many days of sea travel. “Ah! There you are, my dear friend,” exclaimed Lady Flora, looking as fresh as an English rose. “It’s so good to see you; not so much the city though,” she scowled; the tone of her voice did a turnaround in seconds. Sir PM smiled, because he could tell that the catching-up was going to be a fully-loaded one. “Correct me if I am wrong, but it doesn’t feel like we had a good monsoon, Pheroze…” she enquired. They were sipping on mint tea, as they walked around the famed flying buttresses towards the north end of the Cathedral’s façade. “My Lady, we’re in July but are yet to experience the full might of the monsoon. I’m told that we could be staring at water cuts shortly, if the rain gods don’t oblige in a big way.” Lady Flora chipped in, “Back home too we had some pretty warm days. This wasn’t the pretty British summer that I grew up to love; it was a harsh version. It’s the dreaded curse of climate change that’s rightly coming to haunt us. Our civic gods took it lightly in the past, disrespecting the city’s fragile ecosystem and its location by the sea but never imagined it would affect us,” she sighed, quickly adding. “On a related note, despite a weak monsoon so far, I read somewhere that the new big pride of our city (coughs twice), the Coastal Road, has had leakage issues. How did that happen, given the hype around the ground-breaking technology being executed for this infrastructural wonder?”
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