Flooding at Pumpwell Circle a creation by media: NHAI official

He claims media hypes small water puddles as flooding

Project Director of National HIghways Authority of India (NHAI) in Mangaluru, Shishu Mohan, on Saturday said the waterlogging issue at Pumpwell (Bhagwan Mahaveer) Circle on NH 66 in the city was just a media creation even as Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra announced a joint team of officials from the NHAI, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). and other urban local bodies to address waterlogging issues at important junctions along NH 66. Responding to issues of waterlogging and flooding at Kottara Circle, Pumpwell and Thokkottu at the DISHA review meeting chaired by Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, here, Mr. Mohan claimed there was no waterlogging at Pumpwell Circle. “Small water puddles were projected in a big way by the media,” he said, adding heavy rain increases the underground water table at Pumpwell hindering traffic movement.