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Bengaluru rains: Senior citizen stuck in flooded house dies in Sarjapur layout; Chief Minister Bommai to visit rain hit areas
The Hindu
Bengaluru
An 86 year old resident died of a heart attack at his flooded house in Rainbow Drive Layout on Sarjapura Road on Tuesday after his family could not shift him to hospital immediately since the entire area was flooded following heavy rain.
After heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday, Rainbow Drive Layout was flooded after a drain overflowed again, according to the residents. This is the third time the residential layout was flooded since May this year.
The victim, identified as Srinivasan Ramarao living in the Rainbow Drive layout with his family, on Tuesday suffered heart attack at his residence. As there was water everywhere, he had to be ferried in an inflatable boat till the main gate of the layout. But, the doctor at the hospital declared him brought dead, said residents.
The residents of the layout are using tractors and boats from their house to the main gate to negotiate the stagnant rainwater.
Speaking to The Hindu, BBMP Special Commissioner, Mahadevapura zone, Trilok Chandra said that notices have been served to those who have encroached drains near the Rainbow Drive layout by the Bengaluru East Tahsildar. “We also deployed BBMP officials to make sure that the rain water is pumped out from the layout campus whenever it rains and take all precautions,” Mr. Chandra added.
Earlier, in August first week, residents of Rainbow Drive Layout took to the streets in protest against the civic authorities’ apathy.
According to residents, the gated community was constructed about 25 years ago and has nearly 300 houses in the layout.