Bengaluru rains: CM Bommai announces 300-crore relief for rain-related damages

With the losses incurred by heavy rains in Bengaluru Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said a decision has been taken to release Rs 300 crore to deal with the current situation and the maintenance of basic infrastructure in the cityEarlier on Monday he held a meeting with the Bangalore Water Supply amp Sewerage Board BWSSB deputy commissioners of 15 districts and senior officials in regard to rain and floods in the stateWhile speaking to the media on Monday Bommai said that the government has taken a decision to release Rs 600 crores for the management of floods in Bengaluru and other districts Bengaluru alone has been allocated 300 crores for the purposeBommai said that a central team will arrive in Bengaluru on Tuesday night to study the rains and flood situation in the state A memorandum will be submitted and after that the government will hold a meeting with the team membersAlso read Bengaluru flooded after heavy rainfall yellow alert issued for city till Sep 7The BJP leader also talked about the TK Halli pumphouse in Mandya which used to pump Cauvery drinking water but has been damaged due to the overflowing water from the Bheemeshwara River and other surrounding lakes He ensured that the pumphouse will start pumping water after two days after being cleaned and draining out the water from CauveryThe Karnataka CM said that an alternative plan is being formulated for water supply in Bengaluru Under it 8000 borewells under the BWSSB would be restarted to supply water in disrupted areas The government will also supply water through tankers to the areas with no borewells to prevent any disruption of water supply in BengaluruHe said that the area of Bengaluru got expanded due to the inclusion of 110 villages into the BBMP limits which has also cropped up new problemsWe will remove encroachments of roads canals and rajakaluves and install the gates for waterholes Infrastructure will be improved Since the state capital has received the record rains in the shortest period they need to take it as a challenge and face it unitedlyThe weather department has predicted heavy rains in south and north interior Karnataka for the next four days The state has already received 144 per cent excess rain during the last week of August and in the first five days of the current month the state has received 51 per cent excess rain The water table has gone up in droughthit districts This is the highest rain in the state in 42 yearsBommai also gave the assessment of the damage due to rains and floods and listed the relief measuresAgricultural crops on 14717 hectares and horticulture crops on 1374 hectares are damaged 2188 houses are partially and 430 houses are completely damaged 225 km of roads bridges culverts and electric poles are also damagedHe ensured the release of 500 crores for the repair of basic infrastructure He said that Sluice gates will be installed for the big tanks for storing and releasing water He also promised intensification in the Antiencroachment drive and a joint survey of the crop lossThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever