Mall Mania

Alright, I have got to get this off my chest, as many times as possible in fact because it is truly disturbing. For all those who still live in Bombay are well aware of the recent mushrooming of malls all around the city. Yes I love the really good ones myself but we have one coming up at every nook and corner, practically growing right under our feet. It makes you wonder do we really, truly need all these malls. Particularly, since it all seems to be happening in such a haphazard manner. Have we not seen how the outdated infrastructure of this city creaked and groaned under the pressure of nature’s fury on the 26th of July? The drains failed to do their job, the rivers over flew (The Mithi river is a golden example) and not to mention the communication lines and power supply that went dead. Nobody stops to think for a moment about how every upcoming centre of attraction is going to cause traffic jams near schools, hospitals and other places where people really need to be, on time. So much chaos and unnecessary destruction of life and property, all because no one really wants to keep a check on this haphazard growth. God forbid, if another similar incident were to take place in the future, how is this city going to survive it?