Changing face of MY earth

Pune is growing without limits in every direction. There are HUGE buildings coming up everywhere you see. All this construction is an indication that Pune as a city is booming. However so much construction can also get appalling at times. As it is the infrastructure (roads, water, sewage, electricity) is lagging behind the old Pune population. Consider this, a vacant plot or even an occupied plot that sustains at most 20-30 people is used to construct 30 story building that contains over 150 flats, which would then host anywhere from 400 to 800 people. How does a city go from supporting needs of 20 people to supporting needs of 600? The building will take at most 2 years to build but how do you support a 3000% increase in capacity in just two years! And this is just one plot!!! When plots all around it are also developed at the same mind numbing pace, the future of the city becomes very bleak.

The slogan by Kakade city builder sums it all up, "We cannot change the sky" THANK GOD "but endeavor to change the face of earth". Yes, all builders are changing the face of earth here in Pune and making it a city that I cannot relate with anymore!

I am sorry but I am in very saddening mood today after having spent almost the entire day in a registrar's office trying to register our rental flat agreement. The office resembles an office from gold rush. People are there to get their property registered or traded or rented and to make money, they don't give a damn about the planet.

Here are couple of photos from that office. The second photo captures the mentality of people perfectly. (The sign in marathi says "do not spit") :-(