Less than a week after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway witnessed waterlogging on Saturday morning after slight overnight rain, leading to traffic snarls. The flooding near an underpass near Sangabasavana Doddi between Ramanagara and Bidadi led to chaos on Saturday as vehicles were spotted stuck in traffic jams. We had left space for drains but some of the villagers blocked the drains with mud which resulted in flooding. We are clearing it and the road will be open as usual, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) project director B T Sridhar .
Incidentally, last August, the same stretch was flooded following heavy rainfall. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, who had visited the road in January this year, had commented on the flooding and said that a technical team was looking into the issue. We will ensure that it does not repeat. A road safety audit is also being carried out to prevent road accidents on the stretch, he had said.
