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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today held a meeting with senior officials of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and state ministers to take stock of the damage caused due to rain in the last one month.

About 340 children and adults have become seriously ill and the numbers are climbing as residents of a 979-unit apartment complex in southeastern Bengaluru find themselves at the ground zero of a crisis.

In a big relief, 15 students from a prominent school in South Bengaluru, who were tested for Covid-19 by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday, have tested negative.  The students, who were identified as the primary contacts after a student studying in class 8 tested positive, had not shown any symptoms. 

The Karnataka health department sounded a note of caution on Tuesday after its genomic surveillance machinery discovered that two people had been infected with the AY.4.2 sub-lineage of the novel coronavirus weeks before.

As many as 404 buildings have been identified as structurally weak and can collapse at any time in Bengaluru.

Residents of the Kamalanagar building that tilted on October 12 and was subsequently demolished now find their lives in tatters.  It was 10’o clock on that rainy night when tremors shook the three-storey building in northern Bengaluru. Their first concern was to save their lives. So they ran out, never to return.  Municipal authorities determined that the building was too

The BBMP cannot be faulted for the lack of foresight when it comes to solving the flooding issue, especially when it had planned a Rs 1,300-crore complete overhauling of the stormwater drain network in 2018.

A multi-storey building in Central Bengaluru tilted at least 1 to 1.5 feet after its foundation developed a crack due to seepage following incessant rains for more than a week, said local authorities.

As many as 404 buildings in Bengaluru are structurally weak and can collapse at any time, a new survey by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has revealed.

Adding to the list of back-to-back building collapse incidents, yet another multistoried building in Central Bengaluru tilted on Saturday after its foundation developed crack due to seepage following incessant rains spanning more than a week. Also read: Did you know? There are 404 weak buildings in Bengaluru