In waterlogged Bengaluru, a number of techies reached their workplaces on tractors. (File)
Bengaluru:
Karnataka Minister CN Ashwathnarayan has known as a gathering of representatives of the heads of a number of IT firms at 5 pm right this moment to debate the issues they’re going through as a result of unprecedented rains in Bengaluru.
Chief Secretary to the state authorities, Chief Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Water Authority officers, Urban Development Department officers, and the City Police Commissioner will take part within the assembly on the state meeting convention corridor.
Businessmen can freely communicate in regards to the issues they’re going through as a result of rain, Mr Ashwathnarayan had earlier mentioned.
The heads or representatives of Infosys, Wipro, Emphasis, Nasscom, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Philips, Sonata Software, and different firms will attend the assembly, he knowledgeable information company ANI.
In the assembly, the representatives will talk about the problems they’re going through. Besides, the BBMP Chief Commissioner will current a slideshow.
The state authorities is making an attempt to unravel the issues confronted by the businesses, Mr Ashwathnarayan mentioned.
Several elements of Karnataka are going through flood-like conditions resulting from heavy rainfall. State capital Bengaluru stays waterlogged because the floodwater is but to recede from roads and bylanes.
In the town, which is called the Silicon Valley of India, a number of techies reached their workplaces on tractors on Monday because the roads remained submerged.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai yesterday blamed the earlier Congress authorities for the flood state of affairs within the metropolis.
“Karnataka, especially Bengaluru, has received unprecedented rains. This kind of rain has not come in the last 90 years. All the tanks are full and they are overflowing. There is continuous rain,” Mr Bommai instructed reporters.
“This happened due to maladministration and totally unplanned administration of the previous Congress government. This is the result of the bad administration of the Congress government. They never thought of maintaining the lakes.”
