Living with floods Bengaluru infrastructure cries for urgent reforms
On June 18, past midnight, Ramesh, 67, woke up as water started gushing into his house on Netravati Main Road of Sai Layout in eastern Bengaluru. Along with his wife, Jayshree, 57, they started scooping the water out. Around 1 am, Jayshree slipped and fractured her right arm.
Incessant rainfall from June 17 led to the inundation of at least 400 houses in Sai Layout, Pai Layout and adjacent regions in KR Puram, and caused at least two deaths.
About a kilometre away, Kaveri Road residents said they have been facing the problem for the last two decades.