Is Bengaluru dying?
Bengaluru needs surgery, not a band-aid, say environmentalists in the silicon city following the inundation of vast areas by rainwater https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/is-bengaluru-dying
illegally developed areas and encroachments in south-east and north-east Bengaluru were said to have choked the outlets. Several high-end residential complexes on the Rainbow Drive layout—where each villa costs upwards of Rs 10 crore—were flooded in no time and boats had to be sent out to evacuate the stranded residents. While the nexus between the real estate developers, builders, government, politicians and the bureaucrats is quite evident, the city's Master Plan had not anticipated the erratic weather conditions or the boom in construction. Besides there are multiple ‘parastatals’, parallel bodies like the Bangalore Development Authority, the Karnataka Industries and Areas Development Board, Bangalore Metropolitan Regional Development Authority and so on which have little functional coordination. Ravichandar also points out that the old city has SWDs which are more robust than those in new areas like Outer Ring Road.