IT minister calls meeting of representatives of several software companies today

As the incessant rains continued in Silicon City Bengaluru IT and BT Minister CN Aswathanarayana has called a meeting of the representatives of the heads of several software companies at 5 pm on Wednesday to discuss the problems created in the city due to the unprecedented rainChief Secretary to the State Government Chief Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike BBMP Bangalore Water Authority officials Urban Development Department officials and City Police Commissioner will be participating in this meeting which will be held in the conference hall of VidhansoudaHe has already said that businessmen can freely speak about the problems they are facing due to rainHe informed ANI that the heads or representatives of companies like Infosys Wipro Emphasis Nasscom Goldman Sachs Intel TCS Philips Sonata Software and other companies would attend the meetingAlso read Bengaluru rains 23yrold girl electrocuted after scooty skids on flooded roadParticipants will discuss issues faced by them in the meeting Besides the BBMP Chief Commissioner will present a PPT on the problems of the cityThe State Minister said that the state government is sincerely trying to solve the problems faced by the companiesAs Bengaluru continues to witness severe waterlogging due to heavy downpours a team of the National Disaster Response Force NDRF has been deployed to rescue people from an inundated residential society in the cityLocals in Bengaluru continued to bear the brunt of severe waterlogging as water is yet to recede from roads and bylanes after the downpourMany parts of the state are witnessing floodlike situations due to heavy rainsWith Bengaluru reeling under severe waterlogging due to incessant heavy rains on Monday many IT professionals in Indias Silicon Valley resorted to tractors to reach their workplacesYemalur which is close to the HAL Airport has been submerged in waterMany employees of IT companies living in the area on Monday took tractors to reach their officesHowever Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday blamed the previous Congress government in the state for the current situation in the citySpeaking to reporters here Bommai said Karnataka especially Bengaluru has received unprecedented rains This kind of rain has not come in the last 90 years All the tanks are full and they are overflowing There is continuous rain Even today it is rainingHe said This happened because of maladministration and totally unplanned administration of the previous Congress government This is the result of the bad administration of the Congress government They never thought of maintaining the lakes They gave permission right left and centre in the lakes and buffer zoneThe Chief Minister said the administration is working round the clock to tackle the waterlogging problem in the city He said control rooms have been made to resolve issuesEarlier in July Karnataka suffered heavy floods due to rains after which rescue missions and relief work had to be carried out Chief Minister Bommai also had to seek financial assistance from the CentreThis 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