நெஞ்சு பொறுக்குதில்லையே !

Photo courtesy: The Hindu

நெஞ்சு பொறுக்குதில்லையே !

Chennai 2009

(Pic courtesy: The Hindu)

IT BOOM ..blah..blah..blah....where does all the money go? Why can't it be spent on sanitation !

Sunday shame

Photo courtesy: DINAMALAR

An open man-hole.

These are common in the City of Chennai. I think the Government feels that it is the responsibility of all citizens to make sure they don't step into man-holes.

One of my friends' sister fell into a man-hole and died a few years back during the monsoons. Her body was recovered a few days later in the Bay of Bengal, near Marina Beach.

S H A M E

Sunday shame

Do you see an ambulance or a fire engine trying to putout the fire ?

What a shame!

ECR - East Coast Road.
The most dangerous road in and around Chennai.


People go crazy on this two lane road ( for most part ). Nobody bothers about how dangerous it could be during an accident. During my recent trip to Chennai, I had to go on this road once and I got really scared.

People in India can't drive without the headlights on HI-BEAM, even if they were to drive on a well-lit road. And nobody bothers about it.

Imagine a night drive on the ECR when everyone drives with the HI-BEAM on! What a nightmare.

If you meet with an accident on the ECR, God bless you. We all know about the pathetic emergency services in and around Chennai.

One of the better bloggers in Chennai once lamented about a situation where a person met with an accident right outside MALAR HOSPITALS and that he passed away because nobody came forward to take him to ER.

S H A M E !

Sunday shame

( Photo courtesy : DINAMALAR )

This is in T.Nagar, the heart of the City of Chennai.
Sewerage flowing on the busy USMAN ROAD.

S H A M E

Sunday shame

Beginning today ( August-26-2007 ), on every Sunday, I will be highlighting the shameful conditions prevailing in the city where I was born and raised.

The city is Chennai ( Madras ), India.

Here is the first installment, thanks to 'THE HINDU'.

Does this look like a city that boasts about sky rocketing real estate prices and a big IT BOOM ?

Shame !