Is the deluge in Vijayawada a man-made tragedy?

Even as the political slugfest continues, the fact remains that successive governments haven’t paid enough attention to take forward the plan to modernise the Budameru drain; there are hardly any efforts to maintain its gates at Velagaleru, plug breaches that have developed at several places, and remove encroachments on the drain

​Even as the political slugfest continues, the fact remains that successive governments haven’t paid enough attention to take forward the plan to modernise the Budameru drain; there are hardly any efforts to maintain its gates at Velagaleru, plug breaches that have developed at several places, and remove encroachments on the drain