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Bengaluru floods: Bulldozers out in India's IT capital, Bommai govt warns 'all illegal structures' to be demolished

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike began its anti-encroachment drive on Monday and has identified several places, which were choking the flow of rainwater. The massive flooding in Bengaluru has been blamed on such encroachments.

 

Bengaluru civic body has intensified its anti-encroachment drive

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Bengaluru civic body has intensified its anti-encroachment drive

Bengaluru civic body has intensified its anti-encroachment drive and has smashed illegal structures that prevented water flow and led to flooding in certain areas recently due to torrential rains.

Bengaluru has been flooded due to torrential rains

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Bengaluru has been flooded due to torrential rains

Several areas of Bengaluru, the country's IT capital, witnessed huge losses due to torrential rains that threw life out of gear and prompted a public debate about gradual encroachments as the cause of flooding.

Massive flooding in Bengaluru has been blamed on such encroachments

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Massive flooding in Bengaluru has been blamed on such encroachments

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) launched its demolition drive on Monday and has identified various places, which were reportedly choking the flow of rainwater.

The massive flooding in parts of Bengaluru, particularly the information technology corridor and arterial roads, was blamed on such encroachments.

No one will be spared, BBMP has said

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No one will be spared, BBMP has said

A BBMP official involved in the anti-encroachment drive said that the government has given a go-ahead and there is no question of sparing anyone, however "powerful" they may be.

Some residents have alleged that only poor people are being targeted

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Some residents have alleged that only poor people are being targeted

Some residents, however, have alleged that only poor people are targeted whereas the stormwater drains encroached by the "high and mighty" in the posh layouts and major IT parks have been spared.

Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka govt has claimed that all illegal structures will be demolished

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Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka govt has claimed that all illegal structures will be demolished

Amid allegations of the "high and mighty" being spared of the demolition drive, the Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka government claimed that no favouritism will be shown and asserted that all illegal structures will be brought down.

'Unsparingly' demolish illegal structures: Karnataka Revenue Minister told officials

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'Unsparingly' demolish illegal structures: Karnataka Revenue Minister told officials

Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka has recently said that he has given instructions to the concerned officials to stand with the BBMP and provide them documents, without looking at big people, small people and so on, and "unsparingly" demolish illegal structures.

Several rivers in Karnataka are flooded due to incessant rainfall

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Several rivers in Karnataka are flooded due to incessant rainfall

As per reports, several rivers in Karnataka are again in spate following heavy rains in their catchment areas as well as the upstream in neighbouring Maharashtra. 

Krishna, Bhadra, Tunga, Bhima, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Markandeya Hiranyakeshi and several other small rivers and rivulets are reportedly "swollen and flowing dangerously".

(With agency inputs. Pictures taken from IANS, PTI)