Bengaluru Traffic Cops Clear Waterlogged Street With Stick, Receive Praise From Netizens
The official handle of the HAL Airport traffic police station has tweeted a video of the incident in which a cop can be seen clearing what appears to be a clogged drain using a wooden stick.
The capital city of Karnataka has seen water logging in several parts owing to the heavy rains that has lashed the southern peninsula of India. The city roads turned into rivers and visuals emerged of rescuers using boats to evacuate stranded citizens.
These are desperate times for Bengaluru and these times call for desperate measures. The statement holds true for a group of cops who went out of their way to help residents of the city.
Video winning hearts on the internet
A video has gone viral on Twitter where a group of traffic police officials is seen clearing the water-logged road at Bengaluru's Spice Garden, a neighbourhood in Marathahalli.
The official handle of the HAL Airport traffic police station has tweeted a video of the incident in which a cop can be seen clearing the choked drain out of a waterlogged part of a road to let the water pass through the drains using a wooden stick. In the video, another cop is seen clearing the garbage that is coming out of the drain at Spice Garden.
The cops' motive was to ease traffic movement on the busy road and allow seamless traffic to move towards Kundanahalli, an eastern suburb of Bengaluru city.
Our officer Tukaram and staffs Mr jagdeesh,Adharsh,Sangamesh and Manjappa cleared the water logging in spice garden,now traffic movement is faster towards kundanahalli.@DCPTrEastBCP @blrcitytraffic @acpwfieldtrf @AddlCPTraffic @CPBlr pic.twitter.com/4sSdQYvzo4
¡ª HAL AIRPORT TRAFFIC BTP (@halairporttrfps) September 5, 2022
The caption reads, "Our officer Tukaram and staff Mr Jagdeesh, Adharsh, Sangamesh and Manjappa cleared the water logging in Spice Garden, now traffic movement is faster towards kundanahalli."
The video that has now gone viral on social media is being hailed by netizens. Many have praised the police officials for their spirit and many have criticised the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials for lack in action. Take a look.
Netizens praise cops' action
Respect. ?
¡ª ABHIJEET SINGH (@aksiiita06) September 5, 2022
Thank you?
¡ª Shilpa Rao (@shilgiri_rao) September 5, 2022
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Great service. Finally Only traffic police is there to support.
¡ª Tenny Joseph (@tenny_j) September 5, 2022
Appreciate
¡ª Vimal Lakhotia ?? (@vimallakhotia) September 5, 2022
Looks like @BBMPCOMM is on a Rainy Day Holiday..
Others criticised BBMP officials
Shame on @BBMPCOMM, this is your job
¡ª Purnaprajna (@Purna_coorg) September 5, 2022
Take over BBMP, they are fit for nothing.
¡ª Anand Kumar P (@ask_anandkumar) September 5, 2022
Sir what BBMP @BBMPCOMM employees are doing and no one is on the ground. It is a serious issue @CMofKarnataka @BBMPAdmn
¡ª Santosh Gouda (@Gowda_Santosh) September 5, 2022
Cant say if we are fortunate that @blrcitytraffic has responsible officers and helping publicly or it is unfortunate that they¡¯re doing the job of #bbmp who¡¯re sitting idle and had to do this work..
¡ª ??? (@pavanramanath) September 5, 2022
Since June 1, Karnataka has received 820 mm of rainfall, affecting 27 districts and 187 villages, impacting a population of 29,967. News agency PTI said in a report on Tuesday that nine mm rainfall has been recorded in a 24-hour span affecting 20 villages in Ramanagara, Chamarajanagara and Mandya districts and impacting lives of 3,000 people.
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