The Opposition BJP lashed out on the ruling Congress after a number of areas of Bengaluru noticed waterlogging within the wake of heavy rain on the intervening night time of Sunday and Monday and requested the Karnataka authorities to launch Rs 1,000 crore for aid operations within the metropolis.
In a press release, Chief of Opposition R Ashok mentioned one spell of pre-monsoon showers has uncovered the “true colors of Model Bengaluru”. “In such a scenario, the chief minister, his deputy and different ministers, as an alternative of speeding to assistance from victims, are busy getting ready for Sadhana Samavesha,” he mentioned. Sadhana Samavesha is an occasion scheduled on Might 20 to mark two years of Congress rule within the state.
The heavy spell of rain left residents of low-lying areas in Bengaluru combating waterlogging, and it’s anticipated to proceed until Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Division (IMD) issuing an ‘orange’ alert throughout Karnataka. A number of areas throughout the town obtained over 100 mm of rain in a single day.
“Since midnight, many areas within the metropolis have been flooded, and a whole lot of autos have been washed away. Final yr, areas resembling Sai Structure and Nandagokula Structure additionally skilled flooding, and Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar, together with civic officers, promised everlasting options. Nevertheless, these guarantees stay unfulfilled, and the layouts are submerged as soon as once more,” Ashok mentioned.
BJP state president B Y Vijayendra used the current announcement relating to Larger Bengaluru, which can substitute the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), to criticise the federal government. “Larger Bengaluru has develop into water Bengaluru,” he instructed reporters.
In the meantime, CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy Shivakumar are scheduled to take inventory of the rain-affected areas Monday night. Forward of the identical, Shivakumar mentioned officers have managed the flood scenario in components of Bengaluru. “In some low-lying areas, water entered houses,” he mentioned, including that it couldn’t be averted regardless of heavy rain forecasts.
“We had been knowledgeable about heavy rain by the meteorological division. Our officers had made preparations 4 days prematurely,” he mentioned, including that Rs 2,000 crore borrowed from the World Financial institution is getting used to unravel flooding attributable to heavy rain.
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In the meantime, a 35-year-old lady died in Bengaluru Monday morning because the compound wall of a software program agency the place she labored collapsed following heavy in a single day rain.