Bangalore brought to its knees.

Overnight spell brings the 'City of Joy' down to its knees.

Torrential overnight rains left India's IT capital struggling on Monday as inundation and waterlogging threw life out of gear, leading to a public outpour of anger against alleged misgovernance and the powers that be.

Boats and tractors were pressed into service in certain parts and a forecast of more rains has caused worry. Waterlogging in localities like Rainbow Drive layout, Sunny Brooks layout, some areas on Sarjapur Road were were to such an extent that tractors and boats were used to ferry students and office goers in the morning.

Rains have battered many parts of the city like Whitefield, Indiranagar, Kengeri, RR Nagar, Bommanahalli, Marathalli and Mahadevapura.

While several areas on the Outer Ring Road that houses some of the IT companies were affected by rains and flooding, some firms were forced to ask their employees to work from home.

Courtesy. Express News Service

My take

Many things crowd my mind at this juncture :-

  

     * I remember Bangalore city during Sep-Oct 1972 when I'd attended the Services Selection Board for the NDA. It was an all green city, with flowering shrubs all over! It had that old world charm.

     * They should have retained the old city as it was and set up the new city in the suburbs with the best infrastructure.

     * Have stayed with our friends Mohan-Asha in Sunny Brooks that boasts of a beautiful and picturesque estate. 

The infrastructure needs to be worked on, right from the beginning. There's no other way to get out of this recurring calamity.   

Tailpiece.

Got up at a quarter past 5, the chores and we were ready and kicked off at 8.

Lekha had picked up her stuff from 'Goodwill Collections' on the bypass road and we reached Malan's clinic by a quarter past 12. There was a bit of a waiting period but Lekha's dentures were given a thorough makeover. We'll have to make it next Tuesday for the new furniture for which measurements were taken today and passed on to the technical guys.

Returned by a quarter past 9, after a visit to Kunnamkulam where we had our dinner too.

Tomorrow is another long day.