Give drain pipes the respect they deserve!

A video of a Gurugram resident has gone viral after she blamed corruption for the city's waterlogging problems caused by the monsoon. The flooding has brought the inadequacy of the city's drainage to the fore, with the sewerage system, or lack of it, choking on water. However, the Economist points out that political and corporate vanity means that drains are an unglamorous and often invisible asset, unlike roads and trains, which can be used to generate positive publicity.

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