A view of flooded Balagere stretch in Bengaluru city on Monday. (Image by arrangement)
BENGALURU: The residents of Bengaluru city woke to waterlogged roads on Monday owing to moderate rainfall lashed the city at around 2.30 am and lasted for about four hours.
The waterlogging of roads was reported in several places of the city such as Outer Ring Road from Nagawara junction to Hebbala, Veerasandra near Electronics City, Mekhri Circle, service road linking Ramamurthy Nagar to Kasturi Nagar was flooded affected smooth vehicular movement.
Four persons were injured after a branch of a tree fell on them in Maruthi Sevanagar. The injured were treated at a hospital in Banaswadi. Bengaluru city incharge and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar visited the hospital where injured have been treated and assured the injured persons that their medical bills be taken care of by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
One of the residents shared videos of flooded Balagere stretch and said “Not a river” while another a resident of Balagere asked officials concerned “Who is responsible for fixing this recurring mess?”
As per the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre estimation of the rainfall from August 11 to August 12 at 8.30 am, areas in and around Yelahanka and Kodigehalli received 62 mm of rainfall in Bengaluru Urban.
The opposition party-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) to D.K. Shivakumar over waterlogging of several Bengaluru city roads, questioned “Is this your idea of Brand Bengaluru?”
The JDS released videos of flooded roads on a social networking site and stated that several roads and underpasses have turned to be a swimming pool and motorists have a hard time navigating through the flooded roads having potholes. The party asked “Where is the time for the Congress party to attend to public issues when it is busy in scams?”
To have firsthand information on the flooded roads, D.K. Shivakumar visited several places such as Silk Board junction, Nagawara junction, Yogeshwar Nagar close to Hebbala, Jayadeva junction among others and directed the officials concerned to remove clear debris dumped in drains resulted in overflowing on to the roads and initiate steps to divert rain water from entering low lying areas.
He suggested widening of narrow drains and wanted immediate steps to fill-up potholes of about half a feet depth. He attributed the potholes to more than normal rainfall in Bengaluru city.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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