The demolition drive will continue until the encroachments are cleared, the minister said

Bengaluru:

Days after heavy rain and floods all but paralysed Bengaluru, a Karnataka Minister has warned that illegal constructions will be “razed like the Noida Twin Towers”.

Bengaluru’s civic bodies have marked out 700 encroachments that are believed to have blocked storm water drains across the city, which caused massive flooding in the IT city known as India’s Silicon Valley.

The demolition drive will continue until the encroachments are cleared, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka said today.

“We will raze illegal constructions on the lines of the Twin Towers demolished recently,” said the minister, referring to the controlled explosion to tear down the Supertech towers, which were constructed illegally.

The buildings, which were taller than the Qutub Minar, were brought down within seconds by 3,700 kg of explosives.

“We will take action against the builders and officials who had granted permissions,” said Mr Ashoka.