The Sun vs the Moon
68 people dead and 40 missing, and it wasn't a natural disaster. Nor an accident. A dam released water in Madhya Pradesh, just like it used to every day. Only this time, thousands of people had gathered for a dip in the river Narmada 25 km downstream of the dam. They had gathered last year also, and the dam authorities knew that. So they didn't release water then. This time there was some miscommunication.
People have been gathering at Dharaji for decades on the same day. But then they calculate time according to a lunar calendar. The dam authorities say they work by the solar calendar and they can't keep track of such festivals as their dates keep changing. So was it a celestial error brought about by the lack of coordination between the Sun and the Moon? There was no natural phenomenon at work here. Only the district authorities and the dam administrators.
The proverbial
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