<p>Heavy rains turned the Railway Under Bridge (RUB) at the Panathur-Belegere road in Varthur ward into a veritable pond, prompting netizens to criticise its unscientific construction.</p>.<p>Angry residents used sarcasm to vent their ire, calling the RUB a brand new swimming pool the officials have opened without informing them. “Best part is, it’s free of cost. Now everyone can swim – this was a witty remark of a citizen about the RUB,” they said.</p>.<p>Vehicles sink in the knee-deep water and one of the RUBs in the road has become a nightmare for the commuters. Residents say that the situation becomes unimaginably worse during the rains.</p>.<p>“I happened to pass through the RUB two days ago. Vehicles are half-sunk since the RUB was flooded. My bike stopped while crossing the water. I was stuck and called for help, but no one wants to get into the water,” said Ankita Misra.</p>.<p>She said water entered the bike’s silencer and she could not start the bike for hours. “I don’t know how I made home,” she said.</p>.<p>Pushpa Manjunath, the local corporator, said the RUB was originally designed as a culvert. The passage was recently paved through the culvert to ease traffic snarls in Panathur.</p>.<p>“Without this passage on the Panathur-Belagere road, commuters would be spending long hours in traffic. The RUB is reducing traffic jams by 50%. The problem is only in the rainy season, as this was originally designed as a culvert,” she said.</p>.<p>The corporator said commuters will not have problems using the RUB now since water drains through a storm water drain.</p>.<p>The situation is no better in the underpass in Doddanekkundi village, where hundreds of vehicles are stranded in the last three days.</p>.<p>“We’re informed that a big team of BBMP officials are working in the site to solve the problem. A rajakaluve nearby is at a higher level and water isn’t draining,” a Doddanekkundi resident said.</p>.<p>Similarly, the Iblur junction-Carmelaram stretch of Sarjapur Road is giving nightmares to commuters. The underground drainage work carried out here is causing water to overflow onto the road.</p>
<p>Heavy rains turned the Railway Under Bridge (RUB) at the Panathur-Belegere road in Varthur ward into a veritable pond, prompting netizens to criticise its unscientific construction.</p>.<p>Angry residents used sarcasm to vent their ire, calling the RUB a brand new swimming pool the officials have opened without informing them. “Best part is, it’s free of cost. Now everyone can swim – this was a witty remark of a citizen about the RUB,” they said.</p>.<p>Vehicles sink in the knee-deep water and one of the RUBs in the road has become a nightmare for the commuters. Residents say that the situation becomes unimaginably worse during the rains.</p>.<p>“I happened to pass through the RUB two days ago. Vehicles are half-sunk since the RUB was flooded. My bike stopped while crossing the water. I was stuck and called for help, but no one wants to get into the water,” said Ankita Misra.</p>.<p>She said water entered the bike’s silencer and she could not start the bike for hours. “I don’t know how I made home,” she said.</p>.<p>Pushpa Manjunath, the local corporator, said the RUB was originally designed as a culvert. The passage was recently paved through the culvert to ease traffic snarls in Panathur.</p>.<p>“Without this passage on the Panathur-Belagere road, commuters would be spending long hours in traffic. The RUB is reducing traffic jams by 50%. The problem is only in the rainy season, as this was originally designed as a culvert,” she said.</p>.<p>The corporator said commuters will not have problems using the RUB now since water drains through a storm water drain.</p>.<p>The situation is no better in the underpass in Doddanekkundi village, where hundreds of vehicles are stranded in the last three days.</p>.<p>“We’re informed that a big team of BBMP officials are working in the site to solve the problem. A rajakaluve nearby is at a higher level and water isn’t draining,” a Doddanekkundi resident said.</p>.<p>Similarly, the Iblur junction-Carmelaram stretch of Sarjapur Road is giving nightmares to commuters. The underground drainage work carried out here is causing water to overflow onto the road.</p>
