Vivek Agnihotri offended over waterlogging woes of Mumbai amid heavy rains: ‘India’s pathetic urbanisation is a rip-off’ | Bollywood-OxBig News Network

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri will get offended

The filmmaker on Monday took to X, previously referred to as Twitter, to share his anger over the problem of waterlogging in Mumbai. He shared a video of Mumbai’s upscale Napean Sea Road dealing with the problem, and referred to as out the nation’s city planning and governance.

Sharing the video, Vivek wrote, “Nepean Sea Road, home to India’s top billionaires, top ministers & officials chokes in one shower”.

He added, “So do Delhi, Bengaluru and other cities, year after year. India’s pathetic urbanisation is a scam wrapped in a sham. Poor ordinary citizens.. but who cares?”

Vivek’s put up coincides with Mumbai’s first heavy downpour of the season, which introduced town to a standstill with extreme waterlogging plaguing a number of areas.

Social media customers resonated with Vivek and took to the remark part to specific their views. One wrote, “Really bad”, with one other fuming, “There is zero town planning and all planning happens in isolation”.

“India needs to spend major on city infrastructure,” one remark learn. Another social media consumer wrote, “Hope that people like you who raises voices will help”.

“If this is the condition of VIP areas, what can we expect for the rest of the country? Urban planning has become a complete joke,” shared one.

IMD points ‘red alert’ for Mumbai

With the early onset of the southwest monsoon, the India Meteorological Department has issued rain alerts for a number of elements of Maharashtra, different cities throughout India. Mumbai, Kerala, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu have all been receiving rainfall up to now couple of days.

The southwest monsoon made its onset over Mumbai on Monday, a day after its earliest arrival over Maharashtra in 35 years. The climate division on Monday issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, which it later upgraded to orange after which pushed to purple alert, predicting extraordinarily heavy rainfall, thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds. Several movies of waterlogging and flooding in a number of areas of Mumbai have surfaced on social media.