New to the city and it makes no sense to me whatsoever. Having lived through all major metros in the country, Bangalore feels like a Tier-2 town covered with Tier-1 wrapping paper.
This was land of lakes...if I'm not wrong when Kempegowda built this city in such a way that lakes were connected and built specifically to store water.
Now the lakes are filled and buildings are raised on it, when it rains water will ofc try try follow it's path and sometimes the drainage, rajakluves are not sufficient
I recently moved to bangalore on 1st June and literally observed the same. Almost every major street gets flooded in like 5min.
"tier 2 town with tier 1 wrapping paper" - couldn't have been more accurate with this description
On my way back from the office and it started thundering and drizzling. Got me real excited and I didn’t mind getting a little drenched on my bike.
But the excitement to see the first proper rains was quickly outdone by the horror of B...
Have you had similar water situation in the past? Always thought Bangalore as a lake city, but looks like most of them aren’t taken care of.
Ps: for those who’re not aware of the situation- https://x.com/vishalbhargava5/status/17646...
Bangalore, my 'Karm Bhoomi' and the heart of the global software industry, is facing an acute #water crisis. With taps running dry and a pricing war waging over water tankers, the situation is reminiscent of Arrakis, where only the rich ...
