It’s a swimming pool outside HSR Layout’s biggest park!

It appears like a giant swimming pool outside the 10-acre Swabhimaana Tree Park in Sector 3, HSR Layout. Despite alerting the BDA and now the BBMP about the lack of a pipeline to carry the water on 15th B Main Road into the stormwater drain, the authorities are turning a blind eye.

In addition, the parking space along the boundary of the park is uneven, slushy and a nuisance at best. In addition, the construction of an arch over the major storm water drain running along the boundary of the park has resulted in a bottleneck at 19th Cross-15th B Main. The landscaped garden on both sides of the entry gate have eaten up the drain and footpath space, further congesting the road. It’s time to demolish the landscaped garden and decongest this junction that is at its worst on weekends, with two wheelers parked helter-skelter around this nodal point.

The parking space needs to be sloped in such a way that the rain water enters the drain and not stagnate on the road and footpath. Similarly, the water from the park is coming on to the footpath, when it should go straight into the drain. Clearly, the work of the BDA was unscientific. In addition, there are no lights in the children’s play area. And more sand needs to be applied in the space as it’s way too less.

All of this is something that the BBMP or the BDA can do in a jiffy, but the authorities are simply prolonging the issue for no reason. The residents are upset and urge the new BBMP Joint Commissioner of Bommanahalli to take prompt action.