BBMP slept as houses were built over storm water

BANGALORE: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has declared a 'state of emergency' to desilt the drains of the city, before the onset of the monsoon.
However, in its attempts to remove the 'muck', the Palike seems to be 'toothless' to evict a whole lane of homes constructed on a drain at Cambridge Layout which has been there for years.On January 22, 2010, The New Indian Express had reported that some 'innovative' city dwellers had built a row of houses by encroaching upon an entire drain and were living there for many years. But the assurances given by the then Chief Engineer (East) Jayachandra were on the same lines as made to the city earlier - empty and ineffective. The Palike had not taken a look at it for till then.