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As dense rainfall and subsequent flooding crippled postulation connected the Outer Ring Road (ORR) on Tuesday (June 2), the Outer Ring Road Companies’ Association (ORRCA) has demanded an integrated stormwater infrastructure that matches the standard and density of Bengaluru’s IT corridor.
While acknowledging the contiguous trigger arsenic the intense pre-monsoon downpour, it flagged blocked and poorly maintained drains, the encroachment of rajakaluves, bottlenecks astatine water interconnections and culverts, and the ongoing infrastructure and metro construction as the basal causes for the recurring problem.
Patchwork not enough
“We person been pressing for a holistic solution. Unfortunately, successful the midst of the rain, it’s astir intolerable to bash that. It should person been done earlier, but adjacent now, it’s not excessively precocious if the officials put in a concerted effort to address the problem,” said Manas Das, president of the ORRCA.
“Basic things similar cleaning up roadside drains and ensuring that the potholes are fixed tin beryllium done immediately. One occupation leads to another. If potholes are there, water accumulates, and puddles further weaken the road. The solution requires continuous monitoring and holistic fixes, not simply patchwork,” helium added.
Action sought
It is estimated that much than 8 lakh commuters usage the 17 km agelong of the ORR betwixt K.R. Puram and Silk Board during highest hours.
Seeking enactment from the Greater Bengaluru Authority, the relation reiterated that the solution to the flooding woes is not conscionable amended roads. It demanded fast-tracking the desilting and cleaning of each stormwater drains earlier the highest monsoon, removing encroachments, and restoring the archetypal drain widths.
It besides called for a corridor-wide drainage capableness appraisal and an upgrade of bottleneck culverts, and to instrumentality a real-time flood monitoring and rapid-response mechanics for captious ORR junctions.
