How we suffer!

We are just recovering from a massive power outage which started around 2am and lasted for around 10 hours. Apparently something happened near Agra and the entire northern grid tripped affecting 9 states and around 300 million people were without electricity. Without electricity there was no water supply. As it is the pressure of water pumped by Delhi Jal Board is not sufficient to fill the overhead tank situated on the roofs of apartment buildings so we have tanks at ground floor level where we store water and then pump it up to the overhead tank whenever we need. The water supplied is not pure enough to drink so everyone has some arrangement to make it drinkable such as a filtration device or a more expensive machine that purifies by reverse osmosis. Since everything needs electricity to function there was no water either for washing, bathing or drinking. As they always do electricity fellows had disconnected their phones so no one knew what was happening. Since TV was out people were ringing relatives and friends to find out what had happened and when it would be corrected. Fortunately the weather was overcast and not so hot so it was bearable. The only people with smiles on their faces were the local grocery shop owners who quickly ran out of their stores of bottled water. Meanwhile some 35 people were not so lucky as they were burnt alive when a coach in the Delhi to Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. Seems that the fire spread so fast that those who were asleep did not even try to get up before being charred beyond recognition. The toll may rise to 75. Only those who were sitting near the doors, because they were travelling without reservation, managed to jump out in time. If we had a viable and functioning aviation sector the load on the railways would be reduced and maybe such tragedies averted. But for some reason that only they know politicians and civil servants want to kill airlines by taxing them out of existence. The Olympics are turning into a disaster with only a bronze medal in shooting so far. A tunnel, 3 feet x 3 feet has been discovered near the border with Pakistan about 55km from Jammu. It was discovered by local villagers and was not yet complete. Even after 36 hours no army officer has arrived to investigate. Only BSF personnel have camped at the site but their digger ran out of fuel. Naturally no one has a clue as to how many tunnels have escaped detection so far. No doubt our most revered Prime Minister will offer the hand of friendship to Pakistan and believe their lies about peace. Hopefully Pakistan will fall out with the US and all aid will be cancelled so that they starve to death. We can only pray.