Shame old story: BBMP not learning their lessons?

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru:

It’s raining again in the city, and residents dread that they might have to go through what they did about a month ago. After receiving heavy rainfall last month, the city saw massive flooding, bringing the city’s infrastructure to a standstill.

Several IT parks were submerged in the Mahadevapura zone along with the Sarjapur and Bellandur area, which house a significant number of tech firms. The weather department has warned that Bengaluru might witness moderate to heavy rainfall with a side of thunderstorms in the coming days, leaving many to fear the chance of floods.

Skymet, a private weather agency, has shared a map of Bengaluru where the BBMP zones of Mahadevapura and RR Nagar are painted blue, meaning they may experience heavy rainfall. The agency has also predicted that along with the city, several regions in coastal Karnataka may also witness a downpour in massive amounts in the coming days. Images of waterlogged roads and massive traffic congestion have been springing up on the social media site, Twitter.

Satish Krishnaswami, a resident of the 15th cross, Eshwara layout in Indiranagar II stage, posted pictures of waterlogged roads in his vicinity, flooded again after a month’s period. Ranganath Sadasiva, another netizen, took to the platform to call out a flooded flyover. “An engineering marvel or a maintenance marvel! I am happy to witness this marvel of waterlogging on the ring road flyover near Manyata Tech Park. Also seen were devoted cars and lorries,” he wrote, along with a video of the flooding.

Vikram Limsay spoke about the same issue and said, “Waterlogged flyovers are a unique feature of Bengaluru or what?! It rained last night and the ring road connecting to the airport has a familiar story.” Pictures showing heavy traffic congestion on the Outer Ring Road area, which houses many big firms like Microsoft, Dell and Intel, also popped up on the site. The Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA) posted a picture of the same and said, “Heavy traffic on ORR