As Bengaluru Floods Spotlight Illegal Construction, Bulldozers Draw In
NDTV
The Bengaluru civic body has identified around 700 encroachments on the storm water drains across the city and the officers on ground are ensuring encroachments are cleared soon.
A week ago, when heavy rain hit the silicon capital Bengaluru, Gopalan International School in the Mahadevapura zone was inundated. Today, an excavator machine was at work clawing through the cricket pitch in the school.
The Bengaluru civic body has identified around 700 encroachments on the storm water drains across the city and the officers on ground are ensuring encroachments are cleared soon.
When questioned whether this momentum will continue and if this was not just another eyewash, Mr Srinivas, assistant executive engineer of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, said, "Nobody will be spared, whether the rich or the poor. The school has developed the playground by encroaching upon the storm water drain. About 7.5 metres of the drain is under this playground. And this has gone unnoticed by BBMP officials."
Gopalan International School was built back in 2010, however the school has denied the charge that it has encroached any land.