For a city like Mumbai, which is surrounded by the sea from three sides and lies in a Seismic Zone III area, how authorities judged that only floods during monsoons are the danger to prepare for, is a mystery that beckons solving.

Not only does this demonstrate the lax attitude of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and our planners, but also shows how ill prepared they are for a disaster. In a city with a population of over 1.2 crore people and no open spaces for evacuation, even a minor earthquake is a deathtrap.