The landslide occurred on Tuesday.
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Bengaluru: Embassy Manyata Business Park, one of Bengaluru's largest technology parks, has denied that a waterfall triggered by a landslide, as shown in viral social media posts, occurred on its campus.
Videos shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday showed soil loosened by incessant rainfall uprooting trees and sending muddy rainwater cascading into a large foundation pit. Users suggested that this happened within the tech park and dubbed the phenomenon 'Manyata Tech Falls'.
On Wednesday, a source close to Embassy Office Parks REIT, which operates the tech park along the Outer Ring Road in northeastern Bengaluru's Nagawara, denied that the incident occurred on its property.
According to the source, the incident actually took place on an adjacent site, where another large tech park is under construction.
An executive of a construction and demolition (C&D) waste management company suggested that flooding occurred because soil excavated from the site was being dumped elsewhere "in violation of the environmental clearance norms".
Meanwhile, Embassy Office Parks REIT stated that the waterlogging problem on its campus was resolved within two to four hours.
"Through the development of a new culvert, a critical flood mitigation measure to manage the water flow, along with annual desilting and raising the nala embankment, strategic positioning of external stormwater sumps, and the deployment of high-capacity dewatering systems that cleared road floodwaters within two to four hours, our on-ground teams ensured business continuity. Additionally, internal stormwater drainage systems were activated to manage excess water flow, effectively minimising disruptions," the statement said.