The volunteers belong to the St Broseph Foundation, a non-governmental organisation founded by Dushyant Dubey. The foundation strives for women’s empowerment, civic and legal awareness, mental health support, student issues, legal support, career counselling, and support for victims of domestic violence.
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As BBMP officials prepared to remove encroachments, IT major Wipro on Monday volunteered to rip away the concrete slabs covering the stormwater drain by deploying an earthmover. The BBMP said Wipro has built a concrete slab atop the stormwater drain for 2.4 metres although it neither encroached on the drain that flows inside its campus nor reduced the width.
The rain fury in the city wasn’t confined to waterlogging on major roads. Rainwater from overflowing lakes and drains entered more than 100 homes in southern and southeastern Bengaluru. Citizens were so desperate that they had to use rafts to navigate through the pool of water. Residents of Rainbow Drive, a residential complex on Sarjapur Road, who earlier this month used