Karnataka rain: 878 roads spanning 343 km broken in Bengaluru this 12 months

About 1,114 homes in Bengaluru have been broken on account of rain this 12 months, and three individuals misplaced their lives in tree fall incidents, whereas seven others sustained accidents, based on the info introduced by Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar through the ongoing monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature.

The civic physique had recognized 218 delicate and extremely delicate locations throughout Bengaluru throughout rains, and stuck 169 of them. He introduced the info whereas answering a query requested by Malleswaram MLA C.N. Ashwathnarayan.

According to the info, 878 roads spanning 343.41 km have been broken in Bengaluru on account of rains, together with pre-monsoon and monsoon, this 12 months. At 144 roads, Mahadevapura zone has probably the most affected stretches, adopted by South Zone (135), and Yelahanka and Bommanahalli zones, as every of them have 127 affected roads.

BBMP officers claimed that they’ve been working relentlessly to repair the problems.

A consultant from the Climate Action Cell informed The Hindu that they’ve been tasked to give you options for areas which might be severely affected by rains, and the work is underway.

Officials from the Road Infrastructure Department stated that they’ve attended to points on the key stretches and are additional coordinating with BWSSB, Bescom and Bengaluru Traffic Police to deal with different points.

The Deputy CM emphasised they’re successfully utilizing nationwide catastrophe administration funds and World Bank funds to repair the issues in Bengaluru. He stated that they’re specializing in fixing stormwater drains, and tenders have been known as for a similar.