There is a mixed feeling going on in India in India currently. While at one side, India successfully launched Chandrayaan 3 into orbit & PM Modi visited France as a guest of honour at France's Bastille Day parade, it' national capital New Delhi is submerging into the water due to the rise of the water level in Yamuna. Due to continuous rain in parts of Northern India including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and a part of Punjab, the flow of Yamuna river breached the danger mark and entered the city. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday had flagged a warning suggesting that the National Capital will witness a flood and if no swift action is taken, people might be displaced or in the worst case scenario lose their life and livelihood. Now, Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on Friday took to his Twitter handle and shared an interesting video with a gentle reminder.
Bhavish Aggarwal shared a video in which people can be seen riding Ola Electric Scooter in heavily water-logged area. Although Bhavish Aggarwal did not mention where the video was shot, he indeed gave a gentle reminder. Bhavish Aggarwal wrote, "Folks, while our scooter can go through a lot of water, please remember that it’s a scooter, not a fish"
Folks, while our scooter can go through a lot of water, please remember that it’s a scooter, not a fish!! pic.twitter.com/8xM1QfGKxu
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) July 14, 2023
How users reacted to Bhavish Aggarwal's reminder?
A user wrote, "They've got the wheels for thrills, not the gills for spills!"
Another user wrote, "Not good this! Plenty of potential dangers for a 2 wheeler in water"
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"May be an accessory pack to turn it into a boat would be useful as most Indian cities are gonna be Venice in monsoon." wrote another user.
For those who are unaware, Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of Ola Cabs and Ola Electric. Aggarwal was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.
Why Yamuna water-level is rising in Delhi?
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah informing that the reason behind the water level rising in Yamuna is because a high volume of water is being released from Haryana's Hathnikund barrage. As per reports, the Hathnikund Barrage's peak inflow on Tuesday morning was 3.59 lakh cusecs and lasted for two hours. At 3 pm on Wednesday, the inflow had gradually diminished to 1.30 lakh cusecs. Now that the river has started overflowing, problems for the city's inhabitants are imminent. As a result, people moved to safer areas when water invaded the Monastery market at Kashmere Gate and Ring Road. The authorities placed sandbags to stop the water from flowing farther after the swelling Yamuna river entered Ring Road.