HSR residents walk seeking better amenities

December 04, 2017 12:30 am | Updated 12:30 am IST - Bengaluru

 Residents of HSR Layout during a walkathon on Sunday.

Residents of HSR Layout during a walkathon on Sunday.

Residents of HSR Layout dread the rains. For every time there is a downpour, the drains here overflow and homes get flooded. Also, sewage often gets mixed with drinking water supplied to the area. Tired of their complaints falling on deaf ears, hundreds of residents took out a walkathon on Sunday demanding better civic amenities in the area.

“There was around three feet of water stagnating on the road during the rains that lashed the city a couple of months ago,” said G. Aruna, a resident of 6th Main, H.S.R. Layout Sector 6.

The drains were clogged and had become breeding ground for mosquitoes. Viswanath, another resident and a general physician, said there was around 30% rise in cases of fungal infections, viral hepatitis, conjunctivitis, and other water-borne diseases. With several roads also dug up, the citizens are fed up with poor civic infrastructure in the area. “I own an IT solutions company and because of the BBMP digging up the roads, customers are unable to walk into the building. This has caused me some losses,” complained M. Irfan, a resident.

Bommanahalli MLA Satish Reddy said a list of complaints about the poor maintenance of drains had been submitted to the offices of the Mayor and the Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development Department. “Of the ₹60 crore allotted for maintenance of drains, only ₹15 crore has been released. I had raised the issue even during the recent Legislature session in Belagavi,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mayor R. Sampath Raj said that an expert committee had inspected the area and prepared a detailed project report to fix the drains.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.