IS THIS HOW THE BMC THINKS A CITY SHOULD BE RUN?

I was stranded at the Vasai station this week and it was scary. There was water everywhere, proving once again that we do not have the infrastructure we need.

Why doesn’t the BMC bring in foreign experts if they can’t fix this? Seeing citizens wade through knee-high water, rescuing passengers in rafts from stranded trains on waterlogged tracks… is this how they think a city should be run?

Sumit Sharma Mumbai on July 8. As it neared Saphale station, the train stopped. After three hours, we were told it could go no further due to heavy waterlogging near Nallasopara station.

Just as we settled in to wait, the AC was switched off. With windows that couldn’t be opened, a lot of us started to feel claustrophobic.it was residents from nearby areas that came to our aid. They helped us move from the AC to the sleeper compartments.

We were given drinking water, food, and even milk and biscuits for the kids.

They took such good care of us when we were least expecting it and it was heartening to see this.

Vivek Toshniwal for the 8 am train to Andheri last Monday when we heard that all trains had been cancelled because of the Andheri bridge collapse.

There was huge crowd on the wet, slippery platform. Eventually I had to return home. I keep hearing about the scores of crores that the BMC and state receive from us in taxes and levies. Yet every monsoon, I fear I will be stranded again. How come there is no accountability —