Tuesday, September 13, 2005

FYI

Couldn't' stop making this comparison...
Inches of rain in New Orleans due to hurricane Katrina... 18
Inches of rain in Mumbai(July 27th).... 37.1

Population of New Orleans... 484,674
Population of Mumbai.... 12,622,500

Deaths in New Orleans within 48 hours of Katrina... 100
Deaths in Mumbai within 48 hours of rain... 37

Number of people to be evacuated in New Orleans... entire city... wooohh
Number of people evacuated in Mumbai... 10,000

Cases of shooting and violence in New Orleans... Countless
Cases of shooting and violence in Mumbai... NONE T

ime taken for US army to reach New Orleans... 48hours
Time taken for Indian army and navy to reach Mumbai... 12hours

Status 48 hours later...New Orleans is still waiting for relief, army and electricity
Status 48 hours later... Mumbai's back on its feet and is business is as usual

USA...world's most developed nation
India...third world country... oopss...did I get the last fact wrong.........

1 Comments:

Blogger d said...

It's the chaltha hai attitude of India. We don't command everything from the govt. In a way right and in a way wrong.

5:38 AM  

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