Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Once Again Dengue

One whole page of times of India dedicated to dengue fever. If this is the condition of Delhi, what do we expect to be the condition of the rest of the country? There are primarily two reasons why we expect Delhi to be clean and epidemic free, one being that it is the capital of the country and supposedly the place that has to be the face of India for the rest of the country and two, because there is an international event on hand just 30 days away and we need to prove to the world that India is ‘actually’ shinning. With all this fervor for the games does the fever not matter?


Just today I read about two top cyclists falling victims to dengue fever. If this is what the condition of our country people is, what are we talking about providing facilities to the guest players. Is this the first time that we are facing the dengue scare? No! Why are we always taken aback by these annual scares.

Main aur meri tahayee aksar yeh baatein kiya kartey hain, ki, how can anyone be this irresponsible? There is a report regarding a water tank being left uncovered from approximately the past one year and is suspected to be a breeding ground for the dengue larvae. The shocking information was that the tank is in the vicinity of the residence of the mayor. I mean, at least I expected that the mayor would employ some of his resources to better his own locality. But I guess neighborhood is a far off place for them.

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