"Live" action on Chennai Roads...

Wires butting out of nowhere is no uncommon sight in a developing country. But, what hurts is the human apathy towards this. Please see this photo taken on of the bylanes inside the industrial estate in Guindy. I have read many reports of fatal eloctrocutions and it really hurts to see such wires jutting out and nobody really caring about it. These wires have been like this for atleast 3 weeks. Is this a live wire? I dont know... Is this going to be responsible for another fatality? I pray not... When will this be put into shape? I hope before it is too late. With chennai's inherint problem of water logging during rains, this can definitely be a "deadly" combo - literally.

Well - I maybe just dramatizing things- these are in all probability not even electric wires. But anyway, who is going to take responsiblity for having it lying like this for so many days? And in all probability, this could be becuase of some private player who didnt care to follow rules. So all I can hope for is someday, I would live in a city (called "Chennai" or "Madras" or whatever), where every citizen is sensitive to rules - be it a government "servent" or an influential corporate - and the autorities concerned don't turn a blind eye towards deviations.