The address comes a day after various parts of the city, especially the southern region of Bengaluru, faced the brunt of heavy rains due to overflowing storm drains.
With the Met department forecasting heavy rains for two more days, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa ordered the city’s civic body on Saturday to remain vigilant. The address comes a day after various parts of the city, especially in southern Bengaluru region, faced heavy rains as storm drains overflowed, roads turned into streams and many houses were flooded. .
“The Chief Minister had called the commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP city civic body), Manjunath Prasad, and directed him to visit the areas that suffered from flooding. He also asked the commissioner to stay alert with the department from the Met that was forecasting heavy rain today and tomorrow as well, “the CMO said in a statement.
Yediyurappa, who is also in charge of Bengaluru-related matters, called a meeting with BBMP officials later in the day to assess the situation and the measures the civic body is taking.
Due to the rains on Friday night, while there was waterlogging in many parts of the city, areas such as Hosakerehalli, Nayandahalli, Basavanagudi, Bommanahalli, Rajarajeshwari Nagar and surrounding places were affected as several roads and houses in these areas were submerged. underwater.
Gurudatta Layout and Dattatreya Nagar, near Hosakerehalli, some areas near Rajarajeshwari Nagar were the most affected, as many houses in the locality were flooded. The water currents even dragged some vehicles in the town.
According to officials, several rooms recorded more than 100mm of rain on Friday. With no rain this morning and water running down in flooded areas, civic workers are carrying out clean-up activities.
Finance Minister R Ashoka, who visited the affected areas, said that he will speak to the chief minister about providing aid to those affected, and officials have been instructed to carry out inspection work. Ashoka, who is also the city’s MLA, said: “Last night the NDRF team was called in and rescued three people. Food and water arrangements were made for those in need.”
As work on a large storm drain related to the southern Bengaluru region is underway, it resulted in flooding, he added.
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