BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Wednesday directed the city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to immediately set up cells to address the grievances of citizens affected by the heavy rains and flood situation in several areas here. The direction mandates setting up of a cell in each ward of Bengaluru.
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Each cell will have an engineer who will attend to the grievance of the public. “The ward engineer in each ward shall be notified to deal with the grievance of residents,” the court said.
The court also directed the BBMP to notify the establishment of a team of engineers for each ward who would hear the grievances of the residents and manage the “systematic water flow”.
It also directed the civic agency to expedite such a proposal and obtain the state government’s approval at the earliest.
The division bench of the court headed by acting chief justice Alok Aradhe was hearing a public interest litigation about the alleged “poor management” of roads by the BBMP.
During the hearing, the BBMP advocate informed the court about the steps being taken to prevent flooding in the city. The court was told that all the lakes in Bengaluru will have sluice gates installed.
As an immediate measure, water is being drained out of flooded areas using pumps, the BBMP submitted.
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Photos of flooded Bengaluru roads, posh localities
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A postman wades through a flooded Yemalur road in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Photo: Christin Mathew Philip)
People commute along waterlogged roads following torrential rain in Bengaluru. (Photo: ANI)
People commute in tractors due to waterlogged roads following torrential rains in Bengaluru. (Photo: ANI/Reuters)
Several high-end cars were found submerged at DivyaSree 77° East, Yemalur, in Bengaluru. (Photos: Christin Mathew Philip)
Slums at Munnekolalu and Bellandur have been inundated and over 1,500 families have been affected in the Karnataka capital — Shreyas HS (TOI)
An aerial view of flooded Rainbow Drive Layout after heavy monsoon rains in Bengaluru — PTI
Firefighters evacuate residents from flooded areas in Bengaluru — PTI
With several lakes overflowing, many low-lying areas have borne the brunt and with water had entered houses — Shreyas HS (TOI)
Motorists face tough time wading through knee-deep water at Marathahalli — N Narasimha Murthy (TOI)
Rescuers try to pull out a car from flooded Rainbow Drive Layout — PTI
Several areas on Outer Ring Road have been flooded — Sunil Prasad (TOI)
Residents, including senior citizens and students, were rescued by SDRF personnel and others on tractors at Yemalur near HAL in Bengaluru — Christin Mathew Philip (TOI)
BWSSB pumping station at Thorekadanahalli were submerged due to heavy rains — Niranjan (TOI)
Traffic on the Outer Ring Road switched to ‘crawl-mode’ — N Narasimha Murthy (TOI)
Heavy rain made matters worse in many villages of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts — Shrinivasa M (TOI)
