It’s difficult for anyone to avoid news of the catastrophic floods in Bengaluru. Everything from an act of god to overcrowding has been blamed. But a 2021 CAG report laid the blame squarely on the civic authorities – who seem to have ignored that report and its recommendations

“I’ve never seen anything like this in Bangalore in all my years here.”
“This is all because so many outsiders have come into the city making it unlivable.”
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