K-100 project: Sewage inflow stopped on major part of stormwater drain

BBMP is struggling with indiscriminate dumping of waste and encroachment in its ambitious facelift to historical drain

The city’s historically significant rajakaluve, K-100, is in the process of getting a facelift as part of a ₹160-crore ‘Citizens Water Way Project’. However, addressing the inflow of sewage and untreated industrial effluents, indiscriminate dumping of waste and encroachments along the major stormwater drain (SWD) is proving to be a challenge to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta told The Hindu said that, as per the project plan, the first step is to address inflow of sewage, untreated effluents, garbage and encroachments. Nine kilometres of the major drain measuring 11.4 km in length has been divided into different work sites, each measuring 1 km.