Why we sank
Why Mumbai sank, by Dr V Subramanyan, ex-prof of Geology at IIT Bombay. No time like now to focus attention on just these thoughts.
posted by Dilip D'Souza at 10:41 pm
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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Mumbai 452Thane 173Raigad 165
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Dilip, I dont know if anyone has ventured past the road that leads from the Western Express highway towards the Grand Hyatt/Kalina & I'm not sure what the authorities are thinking - the side of the road is piled high - 12 feet or more, with consecutive mountains of garbage and bags of rotting rice & grain, there used to be a carcass of a rotting buffalo on friday in the same place, not sure if that was taken away before the rest of the garbage was dumped. I really want to know who allowed this particular location to be designated as a dump. That road gets flooded anyway, can you imagine the consequences of that kind of garbage floating on to the road & the rest of the area, not to forget the risk of posed to people who may have to wade in that water.
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