- Eighteen bends for you - Ashtavakra

- Maharaja Singh called a review meeting as a matter of urgency, seeing the jungle dwellers being disturbed in the monsoon. Government officials Magar Mathabhar and Babban Bilada ordered to take action

'Look! Look! Somewhere, like every year, this year too, the pre-monsoon planning has been a fiasco as soon as the rains hit the Forest. Government officials Magar Mathabare and Babban Bilada made many pre-monsoon claims, all of which have been washed away with this water.' Jungle News anchor Hasina Harani was reporting in a loud voice.

Just one rain flooded the forest roads. Potholes were everywhere. Many forest dwellers were trapped due to non-discharge of water.

Haseena's report ran: 'Last year after widespread flooding in Jungle News, everyone responsible was baited. In it, viewers will remember that the government officer Magarbhai Mathabharre held Meghraja responsible for the pre-monsoon planning fiasco. Look at the footage...' Jungle News showed an old bait. After each scene was shown, before-and-after photos of forest roads before and after rain were repeatedly shown.

'Jungle News Special Correspondent Lakkadkhod Lapalap has joined us. Lapalapji, tell the viewers what is the situation in the forest now?' Haseena Harani performed live from the studio.

'Certainly. Let me tell you that there is chaos somewhere in the forest. Locals complain that forest officials have not appeared even after heavy rains. You can see that the forest dwellers are helping each other and the process of evacuating the trapped has started. Under the Keediyaru Yojana, the ant society was promised to provide sugar and grains, but you can see many ants floating in the water. They have to go out to get the necessities of life. The situation of the Mankoda community is the same and keeping in mind the complaints of the forest dwellers who are bothered by the pestilence of the winged Mankoda, the forest government has started a pilot project by installing LED bulbs in the Mankoda areas only to get rid of the insects. There does not seem to be any arrangement for it. A plan to remove water from the rate living organisms was announced in the budget, but since the plan was not implemented, the organisms had to come out of the rate themselves. There is a widespread complaint that the system is slow and does not help in time.'

'Yes indeed... so this was our special representative. Who was giving the report of Palpalam and he has made shocking revelations about the incompetence of the system. I will appear before you again with similar reports. Keep watching, 'Jungle News'...'

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Maharaja Singh saw the report of Hasina Harani. Videos of potholes falling in a rain and no drainage system started going viral on social media. Singh didn't care much about the Jungle News report, but was worried about the image being damaged on social media. He immediately called a meeting of officials and demanded an explanation for the pre-monsoon planning fiasco. Babban Bilada came first.

'As far as I can remember you have been in charge of the supply department in addition to security. Why food and drink materials have not reached the forest dwellers? I will suspend you!'

Undaunted by Maharaja Singh's threat, Babban Bilada coolly said, 'Maharaj! I gave the key of the barn to Bhakta Shiromani worker Ghetabhai Ghasphusia as the required material was to be delivered to the voters who came to your meetings with a call on Bearbhai's order. Besides Ghetabhai, Holo Hathilo and the crow Kankasio came and took away all the materials.'

Maharaja Singh looked at the personal advisor Bearbhai. Bearbhai shook his neck in nod, so the king turned to the administrative officer Magar Mathabhara and asked: 'The road was washed away in a single rain? Gaps in the bridge? The water has not been disposed of? What kind of arrangement is this? I am allocating so much funds and you are doing such a thing?' Singh rebuked the crocodile insolently: 'Explain to me at once!'

'Hail to the Maharaja!' Magar Mathabhare clarified after turning from the waist and greeting: 'On your and Bearbhai's instructions we gave the contracts of all these departments to Gulamdas Gadheda, the owner of 'The Donkey Dhsarda Private Limited' and Pappu Popat, the owner of 'Pakoda and Bhajia Industry', who contributed heavily to the party fund. The quality certificate was also given, but these two have to be called and asked for poor work.'

'OK. OK.' Without looking at the two officers, Singh gave a new order: 'Keep the internet speed down when not planned. What do you do until the video goes viral?'

A few minutes later the review meeting of the fiasco of pre-monsoon planning was declared over after having breakfast and water.