BANGALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Monday that a decision has been made to allocate Rs 300 crore to cope with the current situation and the preservation of basic infrastructure in the city due to the losses caused by severe rains in Bangalore.

He met with the Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB), deputy commissioners of 15 districts, and senior officials earlier on Monday to discuss the state's flooding and rain.

The government has decided to release Rs 600 crores for the management of floods in Bangalore and other areas, said Bommai, who was speaking to the media on Monday. For this aim, 300 crores have been allotted to Bengaluru alone.

The Chief minister said, a central team would travel to Bangalore on Tuesday evening to assess the state's flooding and rain conditions. The government will meet with the members of the team after a document has been submitted.
The BJP leader also discussed the T.K. Halli pumphouse in Mandya, which once pumped Cauvery drinking water but has since been ruined by the Bheemeshwara River and other nearby lakes overflowing. After two days of cleaning and Cauvery water draining, he made sure the pumphouse would begin pumping water.

Bangalore is developing a backup plan for water supply, the CM said. It would restart 8000 borewells under the BWSSB to provide water in areas with disruptions. To prevent any disruption in Bangalore's water supply, the government would also send tankers to areas without borewells to deliver water.
He claimed that the addition of 110 villages to the BBMP boundaries caused the size of Bengaluru to grow, which also brought forth additional issues.

"Road, canal, and rajakaluve encroachments will be removed, and gates for waterholes will be installed. Infrastructure upgrades will be made. Since the state capital experienced record rains in a short period of time, they must accept this as a challenge and meet it head-on ".

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