As visuals of a waterlogged Bengaluru play out on television screens, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao has sent out a message to those mocking the IT hub and said "no Indian city is immune to disastrous consequences of climate change".
The minister, popularly known as KTR, has called upon Union Minister for Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri to plan bold reforms in urban planning and governance to tackle challenges of rapid urbanisation.
To all those who are mocking the water-logged Bengaluru:
Our cities are our primary economic engines driving the States'/Country's growth
With rapid urbanisation & sub-urbanisation, infrastructure is bound to crumble as we haven't infused enough capital into upgrading the same
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 5, 2022"To all those who are mocking the water-logged Bengaluru: Our cities are our primary economic engines driving the States'/Country's growth With rapid urbanisation & sub-urbanisation, infrastructure is bound to crumble as we haven't infused enough capital into upgrading the same," tweeted the Telangana minister and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's son.
No Indian city (including my state's capital city) today is immune to the disastrous consequences of climate change
If India has to continue to grow, we need well-laid, concerted capital allocations of Union & State Govts combined into radical improvement in infrastructure
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 5, 2022"No Indian city (including my state's capital city) today is immune to the disastrous consequences of climate change. If India has to continue to grow, we need well-laid, concerted capital allocations of Union & State Govts combined into radical improvement in infrastructure," he added.
I am aware that some of friends in Hyderabad will not like what I said
