Woman dies in wall collapse; BBMP announces Rs 5 lakh compensation
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A 35-year-old woman lost her life after a wall collapsed in the Whitefield-Channasandra area. Following the incident,Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao announced a compensation of `5 lakh to the victim's family.The 35-year-old woman, Shashikala, was killed when a rain-soaked compound wall collapsed on her.A private sector employee, Shashikala succumbed to her injuries on the spot.In another rain-related incident, a compound wall collapsed in Ideal Homes Layout, RR Nagar, early Sunday morning, killing five buffaloes and a cow. The fire department received an alert around 7.08 am and responded from the Jnanabharathi station.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar are scheduled to inspect various rain-affected areas on Monday evening, including Manyata Tech Park, Sai Layout, HSR Layout, Ejipura Junction, Silk Board Junction, and the BBMP control room.At a press conference, Rao said Bengaluru recorded the highest rainfall in the last decade.'With such intense rain, minor problems are unavoidable. Our teams have identified 206 sensitive locations and provided relief in many of them,' he said.Rao also highlighted that permanent solutions are being implemented in key areas.In Sai Layout, the drainage system will be expanded, and water inflow sources will be sealed. At Silk Board, where water stagnation is caused by overflow from Madiwala Lake, silt removal from stormwater drains is underway.BBMP teams, in coordination with BWSSB and the fire brigade, are actively working on the ground.Action has also begun to remove encroachments along stormwater drains (rajakaluves).In a separate tragedy at Madhuwan Apartments in Dollar's Colony, BTM Second Stage, two individuals died due to electrocution. Manmohan Kamath (63), a resident of the apartment, was using an external motor to pump water out of the inundated cellar when a short circuit occurred around 6.15 pm. In the same incident, 12-year-old Dinesh, the son of a Nepalese worker employed at the complex, also came in contact with the live current and died.
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