Rains flood houses of senior officials in Bangalore

The heavy rains that have been lashing Bangalore for the last one week have poured misery on not only the poor people residing in low lying areas, but also top-ranking officials residing in posh and upmarket localities of the City.

Following Sunday evening’s heavy downpour, the houses of Special Commissioner for Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation Ramprasad and Director General of Police (Corps of Detective) Ajai Kumar Singh in Dollar’s colony in Bangalore were flooded with rain- water.

However, civic officials managed to clear the clogged storm water drainage in Dollar’s colony that helped drain the water gathered inside the compounds and houses in the locality.

“The Municipal staff cleared the drain in one hour. The residents of the locality did not have to wait for long”, said Lakshman, an orderly posted at the residence of Singh.

But, residents of many other parts of Bangalore that have been swamped with rain water have not been so lucky. They have been forced to either remove the water entering their houses in buckets or simply wait for the rains to stop and the water to recede.

Meanwhile, the municipal authorities have sounded an alert to about 500 families residing in low-lying areas of north east Bangalore to move out of their houses and take shelter in nearby marriage halls or face the consequences.

Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation Commisisoner Subramanya said the families residing in these low lying areas need to shift in view of the prediction of more rains in the coming days. “I have no control over the rains, but I can assure the residents of the City that the water will recede on its own after the rains end”, he said calling upon the people to take shelter in the marriage halls nearby.

Meanwhile, Bangalore has recorded the highest rainfall during the month of August since the last decade. The City had recorded about 310 mm of rainfall during the month of August this year.
The meterological department has predicted more rainfall in Bangalore for the next two days.