Raise your voices Mumbai!

Its heartening to have read what the people of Mumbai endured while nature was its worst. Each and every person had stories to tell of how they battled the odds with no help whatsoever from the people who are supposedly minding the State. Even now after all that has happened, rest assured, the whole political system will forget about this in a month or two and life will go on as though nothing happened. But who is really responsible for rendering this government so useless, irresponsible and insensitive? Its us, the people of Mumbai. Why are we not raising our voices, dont we willingly give away a chunk of our hard earned money to the welfare of our state and our city? Where is all this welfare then??
Until we raise our voices, these politicians will sit in their cushy chairs being minimalistic in their so called welfare ventures for the city. Day after day I keep my eyes peeled for news of any ground breaking developments that the states will announce in order to alleviate the pain and suffering the people have gone through, I keep hoping that they will do soemthing to make sure the people have to never go through something like this again, but tragedy followed by negligence has just become too commonplace. Its as though the politicians know that the dust WILL settle and they can get away with anything and sadly this is the truth.
Ever heard of the Asashi Kaikyo bridge in Japan? Its the world's longest suspension bridge, but no, it wasnt built for this reason, the government of Japan built this bridge for all the right reasons. A boat carrying school children to the mainland sank killing all children on board. Saddened by this calamity and moved by the outrage of the people the government decided to take on this almost impossible task just to make sure something like this never happened again. Can our politicians learn nothing from this?? Let alone a bridge, why cant we at least have some urban planning to ensure that the city doesnt get bitten in situations like this? These are all the reasons why a state needs educated and intelligent people to administer it. But we are a land so drenched in the waters of bureaucracy, that all the wrong people are always up there. People who dont give a damn, but are there only for the power and money.
I love Mumbai, as much as I hate it for how despite having all the education and knowledge we are still third world. And this will not change unless we the people make a concious effort to bring the right people to office and make sure they do their jobs. If not, not even God can't save us.