Click to play videoNew Delhi: Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink -- this is what happened to Mumbai, India's financial capital, on July 26, 2005.
It's a thought local residents dread even today.
Says a Mumbaikar, Mahendra Choubey "The administration has done very minimal work and the roads are still in a bad state. When the commissioner has himself said that they BMC can do nothing if it pours, where will we ordinary citizens go."
The administration says it' s now drawn up a road map, which they think will satisfy Mumbaikars. This includes:
* Preparing a flood map, which will demarcate high- risk areas.
* Protecting open spaces likes saltpans and mangroves that act as flood buffers.
* Keeping ambulances ready in each ward to rush victims of various tragedies.
* Warning residents, commuters and students at the earliest through public address system.
However, while there are grand plans for the future, there isn't much action on the ground.
Says BJP leader, Kirit Somaiya, "In the last 24 months, nothing has been done. The much-announced Mithi scheme has Rs 1,265 crore at its disposal, but of this, only Rs 65 crore has been spent and that's only why in spite of normal rain the city is sustaining damages worth thousands of crores and human life is also lost."
So while politicians slug it out and remembrances are held across the city, Mumbaikars will be hoping that they will not be marooned again.
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