Forward planning in India

You come to work on Monday and notice some construction work going on nearby your office. A bit later you get to know that this construction in process has direct and major implications for the Internet and telephone lines in the area – both are not working.

You’ve got a research proposal to be developed this week that requires immense amounts of secondary information. Puzzle to figure out…. But you’d better not to plan anything – Internet might be back day after tomorrow or in some weeks… How would you know anyway?