Government Service Is Not A Bed Of Roses!

Security, sixth pay commission, relaxed way of working and so on are considered to be the lures of government service. This is only a part of the larger picture. A good worker is a good worker irrespective of where s/he works. And a good worker is often not rewarded in government service. Instead, s/he faces numerous pitfalls along the way and is hardly cared for.

A government servant recently went out of town on leave and he fell suddenly sick needing an emergency surgery. He had to rush to the nearest hospital which turned out to be a private one. He spent a lot of money and luckily got cured.

When he joined his office the government heath centres refused to give him medicine as those were prescribed by a private doctor. He was not given any compensation package as he was operated by a private doctor. Even he was refused medical leave as he was certified by a private doctor.

He had to go on buying medicine on his own and he faced more loss of money due to half pay leave as he did not have enough earned leave.

He fell sick while in government service, he was operated while in government service, he got back to duty before he was fully fit(spending still more money for having to commute to office by taxi for a month) while in government service and, he was cared a hoot by the government. He spent all his hard earnings and was continuously harassed in the bargain.

Any takers?

Living Dangerously!

If the threat of imminent terrorist strikes to Mumbai is not enough, the city municipal corporation has issued warning for 24th of July, 2009. The warning says that possible downpour combined with exceptionally high tide could surpass the deluge of July 26, 2005. But not to worry, all steps are being taken to ensure safety to all Mumbaikars.

Now, the weather office has not made any forecast on this. Well, not making such forecasts is laden with undefined hidden dangers! As always, the 26/7 catastrophic cloud burst caught the weather office totally unawares. If they make a forecast well and good, because then you can be almost sure that nothing will happen.

Private news channels are also adding fuel to such dangers by hyping the possible effects of the coming solar eclipse on 22nd July. Solar eclipse does have an impact on the seas and tides.

And mind you, the monsoon is yet to unfold fully.

You have no choice but to keep your fingers crossed!

Yes Rain No Rain!

Even after the fourth heavy disrupting rain installment to endow Mumbai with the rain is not considered to be enough. Yes, not in the catchment areas where the main lakes are to supply water to the mega city. The lake levels are still low compared to last year.

And the 30% water cut is set to continue...till...maybe the fifth or the next installment...or. Only if the installment is kind enough to the catchment areas.

The city municipal corporation is also set to go ahead with the planned cloud seeding. Artificial rain needed to compensate for the lack of genuine rain.

It all depends now on the Monsoon to rescue the corporation out of the heavy expenditure ahead for artificial rain soon.


Luckily in most other parts of Maharashtra Monsoon is doing good work.

One more thought. Maybe Monsoon is learning a bit from the Indian politicians, particularly the ladies!