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I lived in Bengaluru for several years. In the U.S. we expect to be able to drink the water that comes from the tap, cutting off entire parts of a city for a d
by NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
I lived in Bengaluru for several years.
In the U.S. we expect to be able to drink the water that comes from the tap, cutting off entire parts of a city for a day or more from the water supply is largely unheard of; same for electricity. We expect actual storm drains and sewage works as opposed to streets just flooding every time there's rain. etc.
I'm not trying to be "down" on India but - having lived with both systems - the U.S. experience is objectively better from every point of view other than price.
- anthropodie 4y agoWhen was this? I never lived in Bengaluru but I have lived all over Maharashtra and power cuts use to be norm almost over a decade ago but it has changed over last decade.
- NovemberWhiskey 4y agoWithin the past decade.
- lostlogin 4y ago> In the U.S. we expect to be able to drink the water that comes from the tap, cutting off entire parts of a city for a day or more from the water supply is largely unheard of The population of Flint might disagree, although technically that water kept running while poisoning its population.
- NovemberWhiskey 4y agoNo; the people in Flint would entirely agree that they expected to be able to drink their water - that's why it was such an outrage that they couldn't. On the other hand, the fact Puri, in Odisha, got safe drinking water from the tap was a major news story last year - since it was the first city in India to have that, and even just general availability of piped water at all is uncertain for many in India - many, many people get water delivered by road on tankers.