Just to say Hi

It has been quite some time since i wrote anything on this blog. Well blame it on my laziness! After moving on to Thiruvananthapuram, i can travel to my family on the weekend. It is nice to be with kids et al. So free time has become scarce & that probably explains long absence of activity in these pages. Kerala along with its southern state counterparts are reeling in scorching sun. To add to the woes, there is shortage of water and electricity. Since power generation within kerala depends much on timely & abundant rains, problem of water and electricity are in a way connected. I am sure the government had already initiated steps for central aid.Hope some thing good comes up. Issues of water, I fear will have to wait till the onset of monsoon. I do hope that all those leaky pipes in drinking water supply system can get corrected in this lean (and mean) period. Since any sensible, environment conscious keralite can not allow any more pollution to mother earth, i can't foresee any solution to power crisis. I am glad to note that government is moving in the direction of harnessing non-conventional energy sources like Solar & Wind. Hope something solid comes up & gets completed. Transportation is another badly hit area. Nice to know that Kochi Metro and proposed mono rail systems in Kozhikode as well as Thiruvananthapuram gaining momentum. Read in news papers that path leading to Vallarpadom terminal completed dredging to increase the depth to above 14 meters. Vallarpadom can now receive bigger ships (Mother ships?). Once the "loading/unloading" issue is settled in long term perspective, we can earnestly hope that there will be hustle bustle activity there. Proposed Port at Vihzinjam is yet to gather required momentum. Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu