The Bengaluru Flood Solution Hidden Since 1923

Every monsoon, Bengaluru floods. But while roads disappeared underwater, Captain Santhosh Kumar noticed something unusual—the city’s lakes remained almost dry. 🌧️🌊 He realised the problem wasn’t the rain. It was the storm water drains that had been blocked, buried, or encroached upon over the years. Using British-era maps from 1923, the former Army officer traced forgotten drainage channels, identified encroachments, and helped uncover a 4-km-long buried waterway. The impact was remarkable. When the next heavy rains arrived, his locality stayed dry while neighbouring areas flooded. Since th...