The channel outside the Whispering Wind main gate is critical to the health of internal roads. People who have been living in this area before construction began recollect there was a natural stream along the fencing wall between Whispering Wind and Valenncia.
In this photo dated 31 Aug 2004 cliked by Mr. Sudhir Kolhatkar, Kumar Sahwas is seen under construction and water from the right side flowed downstream towards Whispering Wind which is on the left. The man seen closest in the photo is walking in the direction of Rolling Hills.
In this photo dated 31 Aug 2004 cliked by Mr. Sudhir Kolhatkar, Kumar Sahwas is seen under construction and water from the right side flowed downstream towards Whispering Wind which is on the left. The man seen closest in the photo is walking in the direction of Rolling Hills.
So a channel was dug up and pipes were laid across the road. Former caretaker Ratnappa is seen seated center in striped shirt in photo below.
After completion, clear spring water from the hills flew into the concrete channel of Whispering Wind as seen in the photo taken during monsoon 2007.
Meanwhile the properly tarred road seen just above the pipes was claimed by WW builder as made jointly by them and Paranjpe of Magnolia. But on contacted, Paranjpe builder supervisor categorically refuted the claim and was ready to furnish the bills for the road claiming that entire stretch of the raod was build by them alone.
When work on Valenncia began in early 2009 they leveled the rough terrain outside their building limits and apparently the channel was filled up with the rubble.
On the other side of the road was made a proper chamber for preventing rubble or dirt to choke the pipes. Inlet to the two pipes is seen open as on 21-May-2009.
Farther beyond this square chamber, a U-shaped accumulator was made which channelised all water flowing from uphill properly into the concrete channel built between Whispering Wind and Magnolia.
I tried scratching the surface to look for existence of any pipe and easily found part of a black pipe which I realised was the same that is seen outside the flowing stream in the photo above.
I am sure the two other pipes for water still exist under the rubble. So unless all the openings for the pipes are cleaned open before onset of monsoon, the quality the internal roads is bound to drain.
Meanwhile the properly tarred road seen just above the pipes was claimed by WW builder as made jointly by them and Paranjpe of Magnolia. But on contacted, Paranjpe builder supervisor categorically refuted the claim and was ready to furnish the bills for the road claiming that entire stretch of the raod was build by them alone.
When work on Valenncia began in early 2009 they leveled the rough terrain outside their building limits and apparently the channel was filled up with the rubble.
On the other side of the road was made a proper chamber for preventing rubble or dirt to choke the pipes. Inlet to the two pipes is seen open as on 21-May-2009.
Farther beyond this square chamber, a U-shaped accumulator was made which channelised all water flowing from uphill properly into the concrete channel built between Whispering Wind and Magnolia.
I tried scratching the surface to look for existence of any pipe and easily found part of a black pipe which I realised was the same that is seen outside the flowing stream in the photo above.
I am sure the two other pipes for water still exist under the rubble. So unless all the openings for the pipes are cleaned open before onset of monsoon, the quality the internal roads is bound to drain.Between april 2009 and the monsoon season the same year, housekeeping staff had grown lax and falied on many occassions to collect the dry+wet garbage from the four buildings before 10:30 am which is the standard time for the PMC van to collect from society gates.
So the kuda-karkat was simply dumped into the U-shaped accumulator as seen in picture below:
This blocked the flow of rainwater from the upper areas towards WW.
Also the square chamber which prevented water from flowing over the road was choked up and inlet to the underground pipes blocked:
So water simply flowed over the road towards WW as seen in picture below:
So the kuda-karkat was simply dumped into the U-shaped accumulator as seen in picture below:
This blocked the flow of rainwater from the upper areas towards WW.Also the square chamber which prevented water from flowing over the road was choked up and inlet to the underground pipes blocked:
So water simply flowed over the road towards WW as seen in picture below:Rainwater flowed over the internal road between the clubhouse wall and the concrete channel which was supposed to drain the stormwater beyond WW.
It flowed father down past A-bldg over the newly laid tar carpet depositing a thick layer of sand and mud on the far end seen in photo below:
I then removed with bare hands all the stuff that was blocking the square-chamber and now water was no longer flowing over the road since the pipes were still intact and un-chocked.
But on the other end closer to WW, the pipe openings were still covered with rada-roda dumped by valenncia.
I tried clearing up the clog at the outlet of the pipes and water gushed out vertically from the ground. Curious onlooker gathered closer since they knew nothing about the pipe that was below the road. The flow was still in the direction of WW gate:
Anil Hasabe (in striped shirt above) came in quickly with big helping hands and got the flow channelised towards Valenncia with little help from a labour standing nearby, and into the big concrete channel inside WW that was supposed to drain the rain water.
But the ordeal of the internal road was not not to end here. Recently when work on E-Bldg started, the BoB rode into WW onto the same internal road that the rainwater had awashed a couple of months back.
Then it took a turn with high speed and one can best imagine how the life of a thin crust of tar would be affected with such torture:
Finally, the Bob went towards D-bldg leaving behind it a trail of dents on the thin layer of tar ... and thus apathy prevailed in WW.
It flowed father down past A-bldg over the newly laid tar carpet depositing a thick layer of sand and mud on the far end seen in photo below:I then removed with bare hands all the stuff that was blocking the square-chamber and now water was no longer flowing over the road since the pipes were still intact and un-chocked.
But on the other end closer to WW, the pipe openings were still covered with rada-roda dumped by valenncia.
I tried clearing up the clog at the outlet of the pipes and water gushed out vertically from the ground. Curious onlooker gathered closer since they knew nothing about the pipe that was below the road. The flow was still in the direction of WW gate:
Anil Hasabe (in striped shirt above) came in quickly with big helping hands and got the flow channelised towards Valenncia with little help from a labour standing nearby, and into the big concrete channel inside WW that was supposed to drain the rain water.But the ordeal of the internal road was not not to end here. Recently when work on E-Bldg started, the BoB rode into WW onto the same internal road that the rainwater had awashed a couple of months back.
Then it took a turn with high speed and one can best imagine how the life of a thin crust of tar would be affected with such torture:
Finally, the Bob went towards D-bldg leaving behind it a trail of dents on the thin layer of tar ... and thus apathy prevailed in WW.
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