New Delhi: The uninterrupted rains in Chennai has brought city to a standstill situation. More than half of the city is under water.
The privileged class is still safe and not much affected by the floods and one those is actor Kamal Haasan.
Though Haasan resides on the posh Eldams Road is relatively sheltered and safe. But many of his known ones are affected by flood, and he has expressed his concern and worries about the ones who are affected by it.
Quoted in an interview to a nation daily, Kama Haasan said, “To describe the situation as calamitous would be an understatement. If this can happen in Chennai can you imagine the plight of the rest of Tamil Nadu?”
“It’s a nightmare for the poor and the middle class. The rich should feel guilty. I am not so rich and yet I feel guilty when I look outside my window and see how people in my city are suffering,” the actor adds.
Further Haasan lashed out at the authorities for neglecting their civic duties.
“The entire system has collapsed. It will take Chennai months to get back to normal even when the rains stop. Where is all of the taxpayer’s money going? I don’t take black money. I pay my taxes. What is being done for me and my people with my hard-earned money?”
“I have no God. And I definitely won’t accept the authority and decisions of the self-appointed Gods— the politicians. The ruling party, whoever they are, don’t mind spending Rs 4000 crore for corporate projects. We are around 120 crore people in the country. Why not distribute all the Rs 4000 crore among us? That would make all Indians tri-crorepatis.”
The actor who is known for his social cause called it the collapse of the state administration in Tamil Nadu.