Sunfilm naughty 10%…

Just been thinking Chennai is finding it hard to beat the heat while recent supreme court verdict says to remove sun film on all four wheelers.

Just because of the naughty 10% why should the 90% of people suffer. Aren’t there better technologies and hard laws to solve the problem.

All these strict laws may disappear in the next few months and the loosers are the once who support these laws.

Friends have been saying wait for an stay order it should be on its way.

Does Chennai respect water?

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I have been hearing about the water problem in Chennai for long time, almost for the past 2 decades, very recently I stumbled upon a video on the subject of water conservation in Rajasthan. Please do take a look at the two images, the lids of the under water table has been open by these people to wash their clothes which is almost fit for drinking. These people are really unaware about the situation of what is happening in Chennai.

I am sure these people don’t have water connection at their residence, So I wouldn’t stop them from using this water, but at the same time I don’t want them to contaminate the drinking water.

I seriously feel that Chennai people lack respect for water, and fall a prey during the summer days. Check out the video on how water is treated with respect and how people in Rajasthan preserve water even while they get the lowest rainfall in our Country India.

I am sure politicians also play a major role for the current state in TamilNadu.

Speaking of which TamilNadu needs to learn, respect and to conserve water.

What cables are these? any idea

The first time I saw that I was under the impression that these are cable TV wires, then realized that they are power lines to all those individual huts running criss cross. check out the last photo, some of the huts have water been logging on their sides, yeah they are living in water logging areas, hope you understood what I am trying to convey.
hey, I didn't say that

How to find elections nearby

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You must be hearing people screaming over the microphone on most parts of the Chennai city, the Chennai corporation is helping people to get patta, water connection, complain about street light not working etc etc.

Now chennai corporation is making life simple for all Chennai people.

And I thought all the above should be happening at ease, with out even the above Chennai corporation pamphlet distribution at every corner of the street.

So why this distribution of pamphlets all of sudden and that too in the 5th year. Is there any elections coming around

God Save Chennai
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Electricity Board – What happens when you forget to pay bill?

What happens when you forget to pay bill?

Here is my own personal experience, which just happened at 1:55 PM, May 25th 2007.
I am supposed to pay the Electricity bill for the month of March 2007, which I didn’t pay due to this reason below

My wife usually keeps the electricity bill book, in the showcase so that I don’t forget to pay the bill. To my luck while cleaning up the place she kept the Electricity document inside the cupboard (alamari), thinking I have payed the bill.

So our poor Government servant, reached my residence in this hot sun and complained that he is about to pull the main fuse carrier as I have not paid the bill in due time. Kindly note: All this happened at 1:55PM

My wife called me up and she called upon him to attend the call, I asked him What do I need to do immediately to avoid pulling the Main fuse carrier. He said I have to pay the amount at the office by 2:30 PM, if not by 2:30 PM he would pull the plug.

What on earth do the electricity board doing customer service?
I am happy that this Government servant had come down to my place informed me that he would pull the Main fuse carrier, at the same time don’t you think there can be genuine cases where people would have really forgot about paying their bills and should there be some grace time of atleast a day.

On top of that, My situation is – my residence at villivakkam and my office at velachery and at 1:45 PM, I being at office. How can I ever dream of coming down to pay the electricity bill before 2:30PM. I had to request my wife to pay the Electricity bill. (Imagine with no electricity in this hot summer) Oops!!!

High Drama at the Electricity bill counter: When my wife reached to pay the bill, she just got humiliated by the employees referring “April month bill ipa tha pay pana varaga” Well I am sure I will have good time when I reach home. She just started to blast me over the phone, saying “see I had to hear, all these lame comments”

There are/can be genuine cases which can happen, A friend of mine just said to me that, he had been on long leave and returned back to find the Fuse pulled out.

1. What if both the family members working?
2. What if no family member available during the day time

Closing notes: Why can’t they think of providing better customer service. Can’t they extend atleast one day grace period. In the private sector we say “Customer is the King”. When will we make the change the Government rules and Government people’s mind.

There is a saying
“If you need to remember your Wife’s birthday, you have to forget it once.”

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