Mechanical engineer Prakash, 38, would have been alive today had the BBMP authorities or the wall crash victim himself noted that a portion of the structure along Freedom Park had collapsed on Friday.
Mechanical engineer Prakash, 38, would have been alive today had the BBMP authorities or the wall crash victim himself noted that a portion of the structure along Freedom Park had collapsed on Friday.
Prakash was crushed to death when the remaining wall collapsed on his car during Saturday’s rain evening. To avoid driving in the rain, he stopped it near the wall on Seshadri Road when the tragedy happened.
A few vehicles, including two cars and an autorickshaw, were damaged in the first crash on Friday. During Saturday’s incident, the wall crashed on nine cars.
Upparpet inspector Lokeshwar said that after Friday’s incident, traffic cops had put a red tape in the area cautioning drivers not to park their vehicles near the wall.
“Despite the caution, the public parked vehicles there,” he said.
Another traffic cop put the blame on BBMP saying that the wall was weak.
“We had written to the BBMP commissioner warning him about the construction here and also requested him to provide fencing to prevent parking near the wall. However, no action was taken in this regard,” he said.
Government’s action plan
Three deaths in a single night due to rain havoc in the city on Saturday forced the state government to take a fresh look at the large-scale encroachments of storm water drains in the city on Sunday.
Chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who chaired an emergency meeting to tackle rain havoc, instructed the officials to come out with an action plan to prevent rain havoc.
“Most stretches of the storm water drains have been encroached. They will be evicted mercilessly. We will conduct spot inspection of storm water drains and orders will be issued for clearing encroachments without any delay,” Yeddyurappa said after the meeting.
The meeting attended by law minister S Suresh Kumar, transport and home minister
R Ashoka, energy minister Shobha Karandlaje, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike commissioner Siddaiah, chief secretary SV Ranganath and other top officials also discussed implementation of rainwater harvesting in the city.
The chief minister set a May-end deadline for all government buildings to instal rain water harvesting and asked the authorities to enforce the system in private buildings too, including residential houses within a reasonable timeframe.
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