India's Monsoon Disaster: Why Do Our Cities Collapse Every Time It Rains?

As monsoon rains lash cities across India, the familiar scenes have returned-waterlogged roads, electrocutions, hidden potholes, open drains, flooded homes, traffic paralysis, and tragic loss of lives.

Why do India's cities continue to collapse every time it rains? Is this simply a natural disaster, or does it expose deeper failures in urban planning, drainage systems, civic management, and infrastructure?