Calling for proactive measures to clear encroachments of rajakaluves and storm-water drains to prevent inundation, activists in Mysuru have urged the government to learn from the Bengaluru experience.
Pointing out that inundation will remain a recurring problem until there was an outlet for water to flow out, NGOs like Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has said that the district administration should learn from the recent waterlogging in Bengaluru and initiate steps to prevent similar incidents from recurring in the city.
While the recent rains in Mysuru did not affect the entire city, certain low-lying areas around Lingabudhikere were affected. But, on the city outskirts the Poornaiah Canal which is the source of fresh water for the Kukkarahalli Lake, there was havoc and local residents in K. Hemmanahalli, Anandnagar, Arpitanagar etc. could not venture out till the water level ebbed.
