Tuesday 25 April 2017

ON A ROAD WITH BROKEN BRIDGE AHEAD




Trivandrum used to be enviously viewed as perhaps the only  Indian city with 24 x 7 piped soft water supply.  This is now history. 

Within less than 12 months of deficient rains the existing water supply system is disrupted. Two consecutive years of downpour deficiency will lead to chaos. I fear to visualize the state after three rain deficient years. Likelihood of consecutive rain deficiency is high. There are early reports of El-Nino this year too!

Turning back to the ground issue, today we are traveling on the road with a broken bridge ahead!

Sustainable development receives more lip service and less action. Isolated case studies are cheered, but the social longevity of sustainable transformations are seldom bothered. I find it difficult to recollect even one instance of long-term transformation.

Despite collective human intelligence, which has taken us to the farthest edge of our planetary system; we miserably fail to find a means to alter our attitude and behavior

It is disappointing to see how we continue to remain callous. In an economy driven by market, sustainable development no longer continues to be the in-thing. It is looked down upon as non-technical. 

Whilst it is not wrong to pin our hopes on ephemeral jargon and disruptive ideas, it would only be wise for us to realize that no amount of investment can turn cities smart, Sans, basic natural endowments like clean water and fresh air. When are we going to get our priorities right? Better late than never. 
 

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