Dehradun, July 8 -- Reports from Mumbai reveal how even a rich municipal corporation has been unable prepare the city's infrastructure for heavy monsoon rainfall. The reasons for this are many, as it is not a city that has come up in a planned manner. Establishing drainage requires not just heavy investment but also high quality civil engineering. More importantly, the cooperation of the citizens is a must to ensure damage is not inflicted irresponsibly on the infrastructure. In a smaller yet different way, this applies to Dehradun as well as other cities in the hills and plains of Uttarakhand.
The monsoon crisis of the present involves severe disruptions caused by unpredictable rainfall patterns, leading to alternating extremes of devasta...