Pics: Ramesh Pandith
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Jun 5: Though the onset of monsoons has delighted the people of the city, the same cannot be said of the civic issues that incessant rains have given rise to.

It's just the beginning of the monsoon season. Hardly a week has passed since the first rainfall, but the roads, both arterial and bylanes, are already flooded.

Take the instance of the road at Balmatta around Dr Ambedkar circle. One of the most important junctions in the city, the stretch was choc-a-block with traffic on Monday June 5, with artificial flood that was nearly knee-deep filling one part of the road, apparently because of poor drainage that blocked the rainwater. 

While the vehicles struggled to pass through, it was the pedestrians that had to bear the brunt. It was a hard task for pedestrians to wade through the water, holding on to their umbrellas and at the same time negotiate the traffic if they had to cross the road. Catching buses was no easy task either.

The sight was not very different at some of the other places in the city too, such as Hampankatta, Nantoor, PVS circle, Attavar and others. Water also entered several shops near Attavar. Worse, water has filled in several pits dug up on roads sides, because of which pedestrians have been put at risk.

At Bajal, garbage was found strewn all over the road because of the rain and winds. School children were put at much difficulties because of the flooded streets.