After the storm, comes the calm. But in the case of Bengaluru, following every episode of heavy rain are sights of water logged roads and underpasses, apart from trees and electricity poles coming crashing down. After Sunday’s downpour, even a flyover witnessed water logging.
To solve the problem of water logging and flooding of underpasses, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had initially installed water pumps to drain out water and divert it to drains in the downstream.
One underpass in the city that would often get flooded is the Kino underpass. Senior civic officials said that the chronic problem of the Kino underpass had now been solved permanently, after a pipe with a bigger diameter was laid. They admitted that the problem still persisted in the Okalipuram underpass.
