The Telangana minister proposed ‘bold reforms’ in urban planning, governance, urging Union minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, to ‘come up with a plan’.
o No Indian city is immune to ‘disastrous consequences’ of climate change, Telangana IT minister K. T. Rama Rao said as heavy rain batter Bengaluru on Monday.
o The Telangana minister proposed ‘bold reforms’ in urban planning and governance, urging the Union minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, to ‘come up with a plan’.
No Indian city is immune to ‘disastrous consequences’ of climate change, Telangana IT minister K. T. Rama Rao said as heavy rain batter Bengaluru on Monday. The Telangana minister proposed ‘bold reforms’ in urban planning and governance, urging the Union minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, to ‘come up with a plan’.
Heavy rains in Bengaluru
“To those mocking water-logged Bengaluru: Our cities are our primary economic engines driving the Country’s growth. With rapid urbanization & sub-urbanization, infrastructure is bound to crumble as we haven’t infused enough capital into upgrading the same,” the Telangana IT minister said in a four-tweet thread.
Today, no Indian city, as well as Hyderabad, is immune to the ‘disastrous consequences’ of climate change, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader said, adding that the country needs ‘concerted capital allocations from the Union and state governments combined into radical improvement in infrastructure.”
KTR, son of Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, urged Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, to plan a capital infusion, offering help for a potential project.
“I am aware that some of my friends in Hyderabad will dislike what I said. In the past, we were taunted by Bengaluru leaders in similar situations but if we must grow as a nation, we need to learn from each other’s experience & show might and collective will,” the 46-year-old leader said.
Since Monday, the city has been flooded due to heavy rainfall. In localities such as Marathahalli, Outer Ring Road and other localities, vehicles can be seen floating, while residents try to leave their homes on their own. Traffic authorities have posted advisories on social media to inform commuters of the situation.
