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Hi kids!
Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day
Little Tommy has to play.
As kids we used to sing whenever it would start raining and disrupt our play. Perhaps children even today sing such rhymes to ward off the rain. But it seems not only children want the rains to stop these days but the grown ups as well.
Rain is called a blessing — it fills the dams with water, helps to cultivate good crops and purifies the air, besides giving relief from heat. But too much rain often becomes a source of annoyance. It causes floods, damages the crops and brings death and destruction.
It is beyond human power to control the amount of rain. But as, in modern times, it is possible to ascertain when heavy rains are expected, measures can be taken to reduce the damage to a certain extent. For example, if there is a forecast for heavy rains during the monsoon, dams can be fortified and people living in the low-lying areas and river-beds can be shifted to safer places.
But problems such as flooded roads, traffic jams stretching over hours, etc. which make people pray for the rains to stop, are within human control. These can be controlled through proper planning and use of common-sense. Had the city planners and civic agencies taken care to make proper drainage system, the roads wouldn’t turn into lakes. And if people use common-sense and civic sense and observe traffic rules and remain patient and if the traffic police carry on with their duty, there wouldn’t be so many traffic problems.
Don’t tell me that you can’t do anything in this regard. I know, at this point it is beyond you. But, as I have said often, you are the future of this country. It is up to you to let it be as it is today or learn your lesson and improve it when you have the reins in your hands.
I hope you get my point.
Have a nice weekend!
Bye!
Ed
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