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In an unfortunate incident, a 35-year-old woman was killed after a wall collapsed in Bengaluru on Monday. The wall collapsed as incessant rain wreaked havoc in the tech city yesterday.

In 24 hours, the city recorded unprecedented heavy to very heavy rainfall of 104 mm (10.4 cm), causing waterlogging and folding in several parts of the city. The rainfall woes have triggered a political slugfest between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. 

BJP called out the government for poor infrastructure in the wake of the consistent downpour. Former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA of Malleswaram, CN Ashwath Narayan criticised Shivakumar, saying, "Crores spent. Zero results."

Taking to 'X' he said: "Last night's rains didn't expose Bengaluru's infrastructure — they exposed DK Shivakumar's track record of the last two years of doing nothing."

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Karnataka BJP General Secretary and MLA, Sunil Kumar Karkala challenged the Siddaramaiah government to release a white paper on how much has been spent on Bengaluru's infrastructure in the last two years. "Visit Silk Board once — you'll see your real contribution," he said.

Speaking at a press conference, BJP spokesperson Ashwath Narayan said, "Despite the weatherman predicting heavy rainfall almost a week ago, there were no efforts made to meet any monsoon-related exigency. The deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar is directly responsible for the rain havoc in the city".

He alleged that Shivakumar kept repeating 'Brand Bengaluru' in the last assembly session when the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill was passed. "From Brand Bengaluru to Greater Bengaluru, and now from Greater Bengaluru, it has now become Submerged Bengaluru. This is the achievement of the state government," he said.

Reacting to a slew of attack, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the woes faced by the IT capital during rains was not new, but that the government was now working to fix them with a long-term solution.

Shivakumar, also in charge of Bengaluru, said he was in touch with officials concerned and was "closely monitoring the situation".

(With PTI Inputs)

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