Beijing, July 24 (ANI): Chinese media and Internet users have raised questions over the country's infrastructure after heavy rainfall that hit Beijing in 60 years left 37 people dead.
According to the BBC, newspapers and netizens outraged asked why drains in the capital could not cope with the flood situation and why more warnings were not given.
The storm struck Beijing on Saturday night, with torrential rain continuing for several hours.
Several Chinese newspapers criticised the capital's drainage system for failing to cope with the disaster, in contrast to the centuries-old ditches around the Forbidden City that kept the national monument relatively dry.
Several million comments were left on Weibo platforms, China's equivalent of Twitter, with photos of submerged cars and property being shared online. Tencent Weibo user asked how, as an Olympic city, Beijing's drainage system could be so vulnerable.
On Sina Weibo, a user urged people to learn how to swim, calling the government 'unreliable'.
Other users blamed "sub-standard" weather forecasting and warning services.eijing officials said that 37 people had died, 25 of them from drowning and the others from roof collapses, lightning strikes and electrocution. (ANI)
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