Heavy rains that hit the city on Sunday evening and in the early hours of Monday flooded several houses, especially those in Rajarajeshwarinagar and West areas.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has resumed the exercise to assess the damage caused by the floods, said Gaurav Gupta, municipal chief.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, the chief commissioner said revenue officials had been urged to visit all affected homes to assess the extent of the damage sustained. Compensation to be awarded will be decided on the basis of disaster management guidelines issued by the state government, he said.

He also said the priority, however, was to ensure that normalcy was restored by removing water and cleaning silt from flooded roads and homes. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, he said, had issued express instructions in this regard, and the same were followed by zonal civic officials, including joint commissioners and engineers.

Retaining walls

Mr Gupta attributed the flooding to the lack of retaining walls along the drains, especially in outdoor areas. “When it rains a lot, the water overflows and floods the low areas nearby. In recent years, over 750 km of raja kaluves, retaining walls have been reinforced and built in more than half. We have now established an action plan to resume work on the remaining drains. The work will be undertaken depending on the availability of funds, ”he said.

Control rooms

As part of the rain preparedness activities, also this year, temporary control rooms were set up in the 63 sub-divisions. As a permanent solution to flooding, retaining walls for drains are reinforced and built where they are lacking. Temporary solutions, such as keeping water pumps handy in the event of an overflow or flood, are also put in place each year. “Due to various actions taken by the civic body, the number of flood-prone areas during the monsoon months has decreased year by year,” he said.