DKS: Residents of flooded apartment complex may have to be shifted

NT Correspondent Bengaluru: With the city c ivic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) deciding to seal the Kendriya Vihar apartment complex for the next seven days after it was inundated due to rains, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said authorities may have to forcibly vacate some residents, who are refusing to cooperate, keeping their own safety and interest in mind. Also the Bangaluru Development Minister, Shivakumar, who visited the 603-unit complex, said a majority of its residents had been shifted, and facilities made available for their lodging.

"Probably in Yelahanka's history there has never been so much rain, it has been 115-120 years, only four times Bengaluru has received such rains. Water is being drained out, this building has about 603 flats in eight blocks. Through the corporation we have taken possession of it, we are unable to supply water and power," he said. Speaking to reporters, he said 95 per cent of residents have vacated with the help of the welfare association, but some 5 per cent -- about 20 houses or so according to officials -- are still staying there despite no power supply, probably due to some sentiments.