Home of Bengaluru’s corporate and business elite, its residents include old-money billionaires, such as Rishad Premji, chairman WiproNew Age Startups Like Billionaires byju ravindran, Britannia CEO Varun BerryBig Basket co-founder Abhinay Choudhary And page industry (Jockey) MD Ashok Genomal is among the selected 150 people living there. Overnight, Epsilon has gone from the utopia of the rich to a swampy mess.
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Most of the estate’s famous residents had to be rescued in boats, with water and electricity cut off as several crore homes were flooded by torrential rains on Sunday night. Epsilon and the surrounding gated community looked like ghost towns on Tuesday, with star hotels in the vicinity seeing huge bookings.
While the rest of the citizens affected by the collapse of the city’s infrastructure are taking to social media, residents of Epsilon have maintained a tacit silence. Almost one video of a flooded epsilon has surfaced so far.
Since this team has the longest reach and loudest voice, the city hopes that they will hold the stakeholders responsible for the disaster that has struck them and their neighbors and ensure that all the noise about siltation is made by the administration. are being done. Storm water drains provide better connectivity between lakes to ensure that the water flow that is contained actually materializes.
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The cost of a basic villa in Epsilon is Rs 10 crore. Depending on the size of the plot, the price can easily go north of Rs 20-30 crore. A one acre plot is apparently worth Rs 80 crore. When you have deposited such a huge amount for your house, the last thing you expect is that there will be floods and water and electricity will be lost, as happens regularly in slums during rains. .
In the video doing the rounds, one can hear awe in the voices of first responders as they point to submerged and sometimes floating German and Italian cars and bet what is headed for scrap and what is saved. can go.
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