{"id":203895,"date":"2022-09-07T16:26:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=203895"},"modified":"2022-09-07T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:56:36","slug":"bengaluru-today-waterlogged-plush-areas-of-indias-tech-capital-are-another-grim-warning-to-all-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bengaluru-today-waterlogged-plush-areas-of-indias-tech-capital-are-another-grim-warning-to-all-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru today \u2026 Waterlogged plush areas of India\u2019s tech capital are another grim warning to all cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article \u201cBengaluru today \u2026 Waterlogged plush areas of India\u2019s tech capital are another grim warning to all cities<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> published in <\/span>The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a0<\/span>7th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2022<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 3 \u2013 Disaster and disaster management.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About flooding in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Two days of heavy rain in Bengaluru left many areas waterlogged in the city. This again highlights the economic boom, poor urban planning and real estate greed in Indian cities.<\/p>\n

How did development led to flooding in Bengaluru?<\/h5>\n

Before the IT boom, Bengaluru was as much a city of lakes and tanks with interconnected channels as it was a city of parks.<\/p>\n

An intricate ecosystem meant for irrigation underwent a rapid change in character with the pace of the city\u2019s development. This led to rise in land prices and scarcity of land.<\/p>\n

Many water channels have been choked by concrete from all sides. Few lakes and tanks have been filled up without dredging for years. Changing rainfall patterns aggravated this vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: [Yojana October Summary] The Himalayan Floods \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the status of other Indian cities on flooding?<\/h5>\n

Hyderabad, another city of lakes and tanks, is regularly hit by waterlogging, including \u201cflash floods\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cities with rivers flowing through them like Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi also face the risks spawned by rapidly depleted floodplains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Urban governance and urban floods: Storm warnings of a megacity collapse<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should be done to avoid flooding in Bengaluru and other Indian cities?<\/h5>\n

Creation of stormwater drainages<\/strong>: In recent flooding in Bengaluru, areas which underwent stormwater drainage repair did not get waterlogged. So, other cities have to implement such systems and repair them regularly.<\/p>\n

Decentralisation of power<\/strong>: Megacities like Bengaluru generating thousands of crores in revenue have not to be micromanaged by a state government. Decentralising governance and devolving powers are key to the new planning and development paradigm.<\/p>\n

Bad\/corrupt planning and political machinations should be avoided at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Explained: What are flash floods and why they may increase in the next few years<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cBengaluru today \u2026 Waterlogged plush areas of India\u2019s tech capital are another grim warning to all cities\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a07th\u00a0September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Disaster and disaster management. Relevance: About flooding in Bengaluru. News: Two days of heavy rain in Bengaluru left… Continue reading Bengaluru today \u2026 Waterlogged plush areas of India\u2019s tech capital are another grim warning to all cities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10496],"class_list":["post-203895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704749271},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}