Heavy Rain in TN – Will it help the Water scarcity in the summer?

If Dams in UAE have harvested more than 210 million gallons of rain water in 15 days, why can’t Tamilnadu?

It’s been continuously raining for the past two months or so, across the state, and we do not have enough space (Dams, lakes, reservoirs, etc) to save the treasure that nature is providing. When summer comes, it becomes a major issue asking for water from the neighboring states. Every summer, it becomes more of a political issue than an issue related to ‘livelihood’ of a common citizen.  Looks like to me – Politicians deliberately do not want to solve this issue so they have something to finger-point, mull-over, etc, as part of election campaigns.

No political party is daring enough to propose an optimal solution to this issue in their election manifesto. Rather, they come up with tactical promises and shrewd tactics that get them quick votes. Once get into the power, they only have time to deal with corruption issues. By the time they realize that they are in the power, it will be too late so they need to start recycling the tactics to win the upcoming election.

If we are aspiring to be World’s super power in 2020, and we want to be included in the permanent membership of United Nations, we need politicians who should in fact start thinking about common man’s ‘livelihood’ issues.

Let’s hope for the best!!