The report is a shocker in the setting of late floods that the city saw.
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The review report for the year 2021 featured that there is a dire requirement for metropolitan chiefs to resolve this issue according to the viewpoints of water security/climate and metropolitan preparation. Quick expansion in recurrence of floods in the city throughout the course of recent years have lead to obliteration of streets, gridlock enduring a few hours and broad harm to public property and wellbeing.
The presentation review uncovered that Bengaluru saw huge scope infringement of lakes and channels and exhaustion of regular waste frameworks. The progressions in land utilize, for example, diminished vegetation cover and open spaces and expanded developed region brought about loss of between network between water bodies, affecting successful re-energize of ground water and expansion in spillover of tempest water.
The CAG review report alluded to a concentrate by Indian Organization of Science which says that the city (covering an area of 741 sq km) had 1,452 water bodies with an all out stockpiling limit of 35 TMC during the mid 1800s. By 2016, the quantity of water bodies in a similar region decreased to 194 with a capacity limit of 5 TMC. The ongoing stockpiling limit which has additionally declined because of siltation is simply 1.2 TMC. Out of 210 lakes under the ward of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) as toward the finish of December 2020, 18 lakes with an all out area of 254 sections of land and 17 guntas were recognized as neglected lakes, making them powerless against infringement and future changes.
The report said that a hearty strategy overseeing storm water the board doesn’t exist. The State Government and BBMP neglected to think about metropolitan surface overflow (normal yearly precipitation being 969 mm during 2013-19) as a water asset in spite of developing shortage of water in the state/city. More than 40% of properties under the domain of Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) neglected to take on required downpour water collecting structures.
However countless works were deserted and repealed because of terrible showing of workers for hire, chance and cost proviso were not summoned. This prompted expansion of unjustifiable monetary advantage of Rs 35.31 crore to the project workers. BBMP likewise turned to installment of Rs 94.93 lakh to an organization without the first records and legitimate compromise under problematic conditions, it said.
The report featured that BBMP neglected to set up a Tempest Water Channel (SWD) manual indicating the plan, development and support of the SWD foundation of the city.
“It neglected to calculate explanations behind focused energy precipitation because of quick urbanization and didn’t comply with the arrangements of Indian Street Congress and the rules of Public Debacle The executives Authority while planning and building streets/channels.
Ground water re-energize structures were not taken up because of stream of sewage in SWDs. Water bodies and depletes were not between associated and linkage between various channels was missing. This impacted free progression of tempest water prompting successive flooding in different pieces of the city,” said the report.
