bangaloRains!

Rain , rain and more rain.Bangalore’s been drenching wet all these days. For people who are not used to such wet conditions and Bangalore receiving such downpour after ages, it was sordid conditions all around. The city’s drainage not able to cope with the excess, all the lower elevation areas were inundated. A family in Mariammanapalya was marooned for 3 days ,.. imagine yourself in such a situation.

The local administration is to blame, once upon a time Bangalore was chock-a-block with lakes and ponds. Then greedy minds set to work.When these water holes dried up in summer , they were converted into housing sites . Houses came up in quick time - where does the water go ? right inside the dwellings . The common man should have thought about it when he acquired the property.

Thinking of my encounter with the rain yesterday, it requires great skill navigating a two wheeler on Bangalore roads during the downpour.However adept I was not to get a splashing due to passing vehicles , some idiots had no consideration and I was almost drenched.

Passing along Lavelle road at a particular stretch makes my heart stop for a moment. Walkers and motorists beware ! a huge tree is leaning dangerously on the compound wall of the upcoming UB city..just beside the entrance, directly over the road- will someone listen?