The High Court of Karnataka on Monday said that the failure of the BBMP to perform its statutory duties of removal of encroachments of stormwater drains has given rise to the recent situation of inundation of several parts of the city due to unprecedented floods caused after heavy rains.
Pointing out that the BBMP and the State government have failed to comply with the directions issued way back in June 2019 for surveying of stormwater drains and removal of encroachments of drains, the court directed the government to take quick steps for removal of all the encroachments immediately.
A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty issued the directions during the hearing of a batch of PIL petitions filed since 2014 on the issues related to maintenance of city’s lakes and stormwater drains.
