Today, I made arrangements for storing water for 10-15 days.
Because water supply people had issued an ultimatum to the Government of Manipur that they would stop pumping water from 24th of June if their demands are not met by today.
Employees of the Govt of Manipur have been on strike since 70-80 days now. But the Govt has merrily been going on with the charade of civil administration because the employees in the State Secretariat have not yet joined the strike. File movements between the ministers and the top bureaucrats are not hampered as the employees in the State Secretariat are working.
But all the offices which come into direct contact with the citizen of the State have been paralyzed for the last 70-80 days. This means that the ministers and the State Secretariat can function without the common people coming into the loop of the administration. This is real democracy in action!
I normally make it a point to store water for 3 or 4 days only. I clean the containers on the 3rd or 4th day because I’m afraid of the fungus formed in the water containers. You look closely inside the water tanks and you will find the whitish mold formed on the walls. If your tanks are old ones you will not be able to wipe off the molds because they hold on the walls so tenaciously.
And we are living in one of the most humid places of the worlds. To top it, we also use a lot of fermented foods and dried fish. These foods, if not properly stored, are generous host for fungus growth. And most homes have not the appliances to properly store those foods.
All these mean we have the steadiest supply of afflatoxins in our food chain. It’s scary.
Friday, June 23, 2006
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