Something strange about Delhi:
There are underground pipes everywhere, but water is supplied in tankers.
There is now a shortage of water even for the tankers.
This means that the pipes are going waste.
I was drinking some beer inside a Delhi Jal Board pumping station when a great idea struck:
Why not sell off all the DJB pipes to a brewery?
They would use the pipes to full advantage.
Every Delhiwallah would get beer on tap 24x7x365: no shortage.
Then they would think hard as to why there is a chronic shortage of water – and finally emerge with the right answer:
Water is in short supply only because the State owns all the water, all the rivers, all the lakes, all the pipelines.
Like a textbook monopolist, the State is reducing supply, lowering quality, and reaping monopoly profits.
Water must be privatized.
Till then, the Delhi Beer Board will do.
There are underground pipes everywhere, but water is supplied in tankers.
There is now a shortage of water even for the tankers.
This means that the pipes are going waste.
I was drinking some beer inside a Delhi Jal Board pumping station when a great idea struck:
Why not sell off all the DJB pipes to a brewery?
They would use the pipes to full advantage.
Every Delhiwallah would get beer on tap 24x7x365: no shortage.
Then they would think hard as to why there is a chronic shortage of water – and finally emerge with the right answer:
Water is in short supply only because the State owns all the water, all the rivers, all the lakes, all the pipelines.
Like a textbook monopolist, the State is reducing supply, lowering quality, and reaping monopoly profits.
Water must be privatized.
Till then, the Delhi Beer Board will do.
Also, enjoy an earlier post, "Using My Kidneys".
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