@DKShivakumar, DK Shivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister- Karnataka :

Flooding issue resolved in 70% of the identified areas of Bengaluru, remaining to be fixed soon.

We had identified 210 areas as flood prone in Bengaluru. Ever since I took over as the Bengaluru Development Minister, we have fixed flooding issues in 166 (70%) of those localities. Flood prevention work is currently going on in 24 areas while work would soon be taken up in the remaining 20 areas. We have built 197 km of storm water drains.

Traffic police have identified 132 spots which are flooded during heavy rains. Of these, we have rectified issues in 82 spots and 41 spots are yet to be fixed. We are spending Rs 2000 crore for storm water drains.

Rain is controlled by nature while we can only try to control the controllables. We are rectifying flood-prone areas and are trying to help the common people.

Quantum of rainfall has been very high in Silk Board junction, Hebbal and Yelahanka area. Underpass works are underway in a couple of places in these areas and they have been flooded. We will work with those departments to resolve these issues.