WIDE ANGLE | RAIN MISERY
Last week’s rains may have helped bring soaring summer temperatures down but they also served as a reminder to citizens of pothole-ridden roads and water-logging. Heavy rains over the last few years have been putting a lot of pressure on the already compromised storm-water drain network in the city. Promises from the Chief Minister that the problem will be addressed still remain unfulfilled.
After heavy rains caused lakes to overflow and many parts of the city, including the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), were flooded, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced in November last year that a master plan for comprehensive development of the drain network would be drafted to address the problem of urban flooding.
