Let peace prevail!

Two days back, our pumping system gave up. The motor stopped working around 2 days back, which Raju got repaired by a plumber, spending nearly Rs.1300/-. But, that wasn't all. Yesterday, we'd another issue with the foot-valve in the sump motor. It'd its share of workload during the last one year or so and decided to strike work. Water couldn't be pumped up to the tank in the terrace during the morning yesterday. Due to this, many of you would've experienced a hissing noise from the taps in your bathrooms/kitchen, without any liquid flow...

Those of you who'd been around during the last few years, will know that this is not a new occurance at Palm Court. The same issue revisits us around the same time every year, like an anniversary! Last time, we'd exactly the same issue grappling us into one full day of anxiety. I remember well the day last year, when the foot-valve stopped working early morning on a holiday, which was followed by several people crowding around the sump in the basement to fill in their buckets of water. It was a small get-together and I should appreciate our aging motor for giving us that opportunity, at the least! I should appreciate its sensibility for one more thing. Every time it failed or something wrong happened with the pumping system, it'd only been on holidays.

Enough of comedy talks. Let's discuss some serious stuff. Raju told us that our motor is a very old model and it's difficult to get its spare-parts. If it goes on like this, how long will our old-aged motor support us like this? Shouldn't we have another one that we keep for emergencies or maybe switch the usage between the two motors during alternate days. The pump cost, we enquired with the plumber who repaired the foot-valve, will come to around Rs.8000/-. Agreed, we don't have lots of money in the bank account right now, but I think we've enough to spend on here. I believe, a decision on this should be taken in the next executive committee meeting. One more issue to discuss is about getting a permanent plumber-on-call at Palm Court. We'd one guy during most of this year, but of late he is absenting himself frequently. So, we must have another guy urgently, because this is one area - as everybody will agree - that everyone needs for a peaceful living.