URBAN FLOODING CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS

A recent 'landslide' and 'waterfall' at a deep excavation site in Bengaluru, where an ambitious skyscraper is due to come up, has become the subject matter of much social media mockery and a political slugfest.

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It is this image that appears to signify all the IT City has become-a flooded mess where residents struggle to save homes inundated with sewage water, salvage ruined vehicles in basements, where tractors rescue schoolchildren on waterlogged roads, and people are considering selling their dream homes and leaving. The trail of destruction left by two days of continuous rain has battered the glitzy image of 'Brand Bengaluru' and become fodder for politicians who are pointing fingers at each other: the opposition BJP-JDS is poking fun at the Congress for failing the city, while the ruling party is blaming the previous regime. Ministers are pointing to London, New York, and Dubai being similarly