Rising up the head

Summer has started; the higher grounds (hill stations) are becoming crowded. Chennai is experiencing the worst heat waves in recent years now. Two months back it was winter time but now suddenly we can all feel the heat catching on us. The heat was so great that I was not able to go to a shop near by at 12 this noon. The temperature is slowly rising up towards the 50 degree mark. Our roads can even melt at this heat and this is sure to rise a few more degrees in the next couple of weeks. Water scarcity in the city is the next major forecast that everyone in looking up too. How are we going to fight this life threatening issue this time? Chennai has seen many such situations before. But how many times has it recovered form the losses dumped in by nature? If the people and the government do not wake up to this alarming situation, there is going to be dreadful time ahead.

Who are the sufferers?

In fact all of us. But the roofless, the destitute are the people who get effected by this. They have no place to hide themselves from these demonic heat waves. The scenario is worst in villages, where there is no proper water supply when all their sources of water had already gone dry. Most of us work in air conditioned offices. We never experience this heat once we enter our work place. Times have changed now, where people work when others sleep. We never bother about this, as we don’t see the world once we are in office. If we don’t take care to wake up to this situation. This will eat us and our surroundings. Everyday there is millions of tones of water being wasted by all of us. If we could only save half of that we could make a difference. At least the poor can live on it and the farmers could survive from that. The government introduced the water saving schemes but how far is it effective in serving the needs of the needy. People like us can buy water. But the poor are left even without that choice. Every single drop of water is worth a penny. And every single penny is worth a million for a poor. They can’t afford to buy water. So let us save water. Use it scarcely.