THE recent flooding in Bengaluru, the IT capital of India and amongst the most important global hubs for the tech industry, has once again highlighted the sorry state of urban infrastructure in the country. Equally, it has exposed the inability to foresee and forestall critical problems, so as to deal efficiently with those that do occur.
Earlier, images of floods in Hyderabad were flashed in the media: cars were submerged, buses stranded, and people waded through waist-deep water. Boats were also seen, not on rivers or lakes, but navigating roads in more than one of India’s premier cities. People being rescued in boats is, unfortunately, a routine yearly image from some parts of the country, especially Assam and Bihar. In fact, a file photo from a decade ago would look no different, except for the people. But boats on city roads are a new phenomenon.
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