Incessant rainfall over the past two months has made 2017 the wettest year for the city
A 16-year-old girl drowned in an overflowing drain on Sunday, taking the death toll from rain- related incidents in the city to 10.
The incident happened at Krishnappa Garden here.
Narasamma had gone to attend nature’s call when she accidentally slipped into the drain. Her body was later recovered at some distance from the slum where her family resides.
The family hailed from a northern district of Karnataka and they worked as construction labourers in the city.
Meanwhile, the city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike along with the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force fished out the body of 22-year-old Pushpa from a storm-water drain at Kumbalgodu on Sunday morning.
Pushpa and her mother Ningamma were washed away in the storm water drain following heavy rains in the city on Friday night. Officials involved in search operations said efforts were on to recover Ningamma’s body.
The 10 deaths in the past 15 days in mishaps due to potholes and incessant rains have triggered a political slugfest between ruling the Congress and the BJP.
Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at the BJP for politicising the issue.
He said his government has taken up the repair work and clearance of the 850-km storm water drain network in the city by allocating Rs 800 crore.
“No government including the BJP has done it in the past. Now they are playing politics over deaths,” he said.
ODISHA ON ALERT
- Due to a low pressure area over the Central Bay of Bengal on Sunday, Odisha is likely to receive rain and thundershower on Monday.
- The low pressure area was formed under the influence of the upper air cyclonic circulation, the meteorological centre here said.
- Rainfall is likely to increase from October 18, the MeT centre said.
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