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A conception of the double-decker flyover connecting Ragigudda to HSR Layout successful southeast Bengaluru witnessed flooding connected Thursday night, leaving commuters stranded.
A Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) authoritative told The Hindu that the concern was truthful terrible that a fewer vehicles that entered the flooded agelong to debar getting stranded stopped midway and failed to commencement again. This forced the BTP to barricade the up-ramp astatine Ragigudda, preventing vehicles from entering the flyover.
“It rained for astir 45 minutes aft 7 p.m., and the flooding persisted till 9.30 p.m. Around 10 p.m., we reopened the flyover for operation,” the serviceman said.
Sources noted that neither South Corporation officials nor the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, which constructed the flyover, arrived astatine the spot, and the BTP ended up clearing the flooding.
The occupation has erstwhile again underscored the coordination issues betwixt departments, contempt 8 months having passed since the enactment of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), with coordination being 1 of its halfway objectives. In this case, determination is nary clarity connected whether the flyover attraction has been handed implicit to the southbound corp oregon if it inactive rests with the BMRCL.
Now, the BTP has written to some the BMRCL and the southbound corp to guarantee that they wide flooding if it occurs again successful the future. According to the source, the flooding was caused by a clogged rainwater pipeline.
Aftermath traffic
In the aftermath of the flyover closure, parts of the BTM Layout witnessed postulation congestion. An serviceman said, “As the flooding was towards Silk Board, postulation was inactive better, arsenic usually less vehicles determination successful that absorption during that hour.”
In summation to this, aggregate flooding points were observed on Hosur Main Road, particularly astatine Veerasandra Junction, Central Silk Board, and Bommanahalli. Several commuters took to the X, a microblogging platform, to stock images and videos of the flooded stretches and pointed retired the nonaccomplishment of the civic assemblage to wide specified spots.
Friday evening showers
The concern was nary amended connected Friday, arsenic the evening showers near aggregate places flooded crossed the city. At slightest 30 flooding points had been identified by the BTP connected Friday by 7.30 p.m. Major among them were Kumar Krupa Road, Queens Junction, SJP Road, Nayandahalli Junction, Balagere Road, and Siddapura Road, too Sarakki Signal.
Adding to the misery, 2 BMTC autobus breakdowns, including 1 adjacent Anand Rao Circle towards Subbanna Junction and different adjacent Devanga Junction towards Mission Road, worsened the situation. At slightest 10 instances of histrion branches snapping were besides reported crossed the city.
