Heavy rain battered components of Bengaluru once more on Monday night, inflicting flooding and several other kilometre-long site visitors jams.
The Bangalore Water Provide and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has warned of water provide disruption in a number of areas of the town for in the present day and tomorrow.
The Board has organized non permanent tankers freed from price. These shall be provided to areas the place water provide by faucets has been suspended.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai shall be visiting the TK Halli unit of Bengaluru Water Board in Mandya district that can handle the ingesting water provide to Bengaluru metropolis as a result of speeding of water into the unit following heavy rain on Sunday evening.
“BWSSB Chairman, engineers, and secretary of the city improvement division are already despatched to the unit. The officers of the Mandya district are busy in draining out water from the pumping station. The scenario is anticipated to return underneath management by night. The technical workforce is engaged on the emergency mode to restart the equipment. I’ll go to and provides mandatory directions,” Mr Bommai advised information company ANI.
A number of lakes within the metropolis had been overflowing and stormwater drains had been flooded, affecting the low-lying areas the place water entered homes.
Bengaluru is residence to firms corresponding to Amazon, Flipkart and Wipro, all of whom run logistics and different operations from there.
The infrastructure improvement within the metropolis has not saved up with perennial site visitors jams and unplanned building on the dried-up beds of lakes resulting in frequent flooding even after reasonable rainfall, complain metropolis firms.
“Latest rain in Bengaluru has been extraordinary. The BS Bommai-led authorities is actively monitoring the difficulty and dealing exhausting to resolve it as quickly as doable. A thriving metropolis that has been regularly rising for many years is sure to face sure infrastructure points,” mentioned Dr Ashwathnarayan CN, IT Minister.
Earlier in the present day, authorities deployed rubber dinghies to ferry folks round and photographs on social media confirmed tractors getting used to move travellers from the airport.
The Outer Ring Street Firms Affiliation (ORRCA), the umbrella group for the IT sector, suggested workers to work at home whereas many faculties and schools had been shut.
