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BJP not serious, says Yashwant: Either BJP lost the elections but they always remain in news for something new happened in their party. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha always made a blast on his party. Once again Yashwant Sinha shoots his party by his letter bombs. He points out his party about there non seriousness. He said this in an interview on July 25, 2009. He targeted his party by saying all this through a TV channel. He hit his party by saying that they were not serious at all to know the reasons of their failure. He said there are lots of activities on which we have to work like the reason why we lost, where we lost etc. Yashwant Sinha had given resign and demanded from the party that they fixed the responsibilities to different leaders to find out the downfall of party. He said he was disappointed when found they are not any more serious about this. He said he felt bad to know this that party shows no interest to find out the reasons. He said the meeting of post-poll for newly elected MP was not taking seriously and just as casual. This meeting was held on May 31, 2009. He said that it was just an informal meeting. He said in the meeting he wanted to explain the reason of their loss but it was so unconcerned by party. He also said that party is not analyzing the poll debacle.

Yashwant didn’t attend Lok Sabha: Lok Sabha organized a meeting. This meeting was based on Union budget. Every year Yashwant Sinha participated in this debate. But this time Yashwant Sinha did not attend the debate in Lok Sabha and when Yashwant was asked why so then he simply said the party did not approach him for the debate. According to him, he had no idea about the meeting. No one asked him to attend the debate. Yashwant Sinha said he was disappointed to know this as he was finance minister and served many budgets. He presented 5 budgets as finance minister. He said he felt bad to not attending the budget debate this year.

BJP minister’s explanation:  BJP ministers did not agree with the statement of Yashwant Sinha. They refused to the statement of Sinha. They said it is not true that we did not approach Yashwant Sinha for participating in Union Budget. They said we approached him and asked him. They maintained their statement and said that they asked him to attend the debate and speak on the budget.

Highest Tide in last 100 years: Mumbai now days have gained a new experience every day. One of them is highest tide. Shocked! But this is the true; Mumbai has experienced the highest tide in last 100 years on Friday 24 July 2009. It was recorded that the waves were 5.5 meters high. On Thursday it was recorded up to 5.1 meters in different regions of Mumbai like Konkan region. 4.15 meters is assumed as extremely dangerous tide but now the Mumbai has experienced more than dangerous tide as the tide was above 5 meters which means directly that it is extremely dangerous.  Due to this tide the low lying area on coastal areas of Mumbai experienced water flood.

The areas included Colaba, Worli, Khar, Juhu, Marve, Versova and many more. The waves were so high that it crossed the walls of the places near the sea like Gateway of India, Nariman Point, Girgaum Chowpatty, Worli sea face, Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel. The waves were also affected the other areas in Mumbai. The roads of Mahim, Versova, Juhu and Prabhadevi were also flooded. In some areas the sea water entered into the homes of people which distress the people living there. News is that tide even did not leave the official bungalow of Mayor of Mumbai. The tides were entered into the official Bungalow of the Mayor of Mumbai.  The official bungalow of Mayor Shubha Raul is located at Dadar sea face which is also captured by the tide waves.

MCGM warning: A warning had been issued by the Municipal Corporation of greater Mumbai (MCGM) to the affected areas and other low lying area that they must be alert from the gigantic waves and also advised them to take adequate precautions for their safety. On the other hand the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) alerts its staff against tide. According to meteorological department there was a possibility of heavy rain during the high tides. MCGM also alert the Mumbai public by advertisement in Mumbai newspaper and other ways. MCGM also gave the details of emergency numbers in the advertisement for the safety of people. The people living in the areas of south Mumbai like Varsova, Colaba and other sea areas have been warned by MCGM.

Precautionary Measures in Mumbai: The different precaution measures are taken to save the life of the people of Mumbai. All fire brigade, Navy, coastal guards are alert to counter the effects of tide. A comprehensive management plan has been prepared to handle the situations like flooding, high tides etc. Closed circuits TVs were installed to monitor the situation of flood-prone areas. MCGM also established 11 hotlines and 34 rain gauges to collect the information of rainfall.