Battered roads greet Central team

TNN / Nov 10, 2005, 02:55 IST

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Breached tanks, damaged houses, scar-surfaced roads. This is what the 7 member team from New Delhi was treated to on a tour of city.

BANGALORE: Breached tanks, damaged houses, collapsed retaining walls, scar-surfaced roads. This is what the seven member team from New Delhi was treated to on a tour of the city on Wednesday.
Prior to embarking on the tour, principal secretary, revenue, S M Jaamdar, made a comprehensive presentation on the rain related havoc the state had to grapple with.
The team's attention was brought to the memorandums submitted to the Centre in September for Rs 90 crore (for Bidar), the overall damage assessment in the state for Rs 1000 crore, and the damage in Bangalore city alone due to the recent rain, for Rs 300 crore.
A small presentation was made exclusively on the problems the BMP had to grapple with. Later, the team of seven was split into three groups and inspected different places.

One team, lead by R Bhattacharya, joint secretary, ministry of home affairs,was taken on an inspection of parts of Bangalore urban and rural.
Another team went on an inspection of the situation in Tumkur and Hassan. Yet another team went to Bidar and is presently halting at Raichur.
The Bangalore team had a hectic sojourn of CMC areas and some of the worst affected areas in city limits. Some of the places and subsequent problems that were looked into:

�� The breached tank at Nayandahalli which caused problems on Mysore Road leading to road blockage and eviction of some families in the vicinity during the recent deluge.
�� Inspection of the damaged bridge and retaining wall at Vrishabavathi valley.
�� The collapsed Kambipura bridge.
�� The breached Kodigehalli tank.
�� The badly damaged Nagavara-Thanisandra Road.
�� The scarred Tannery Road.
�� Houses that were damaged in large numbers at Ramamurthynagar.
�� Damaged houses at K R Puram CMC.
�� Water-logged and hence damaged roads at Kaggadasapura.
�� The collapsed retaining wall and damaged storm water drain at Ulsoor Lake.
�� The EWS quarters which have been getting damaged for three consecutive years.
�� Sarjapur Road which was inaccessible for a long time after the rains.
An ultimatum on how much funds would actually be released and an assessment of extent of damage done, would be pronounced on Thursday evening by the team.
On Thursday, the teams would be visiting Mandya, Mysore, parts of Bangalore Rural and Kolar.

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