Makeshift ‘boat’ at waterlogged IIT Roorkee: Students stand on plank to commute as roads disappear below water
Severe rainfall has battered various parts of India, bringing cities to a standstill and causing rampant waterlogging. While urban flooding usually brings frustration and traffic gridlocks, people at IIT Roorkee decided to tackle the deluge with a dash of classic ingenuity.A group of people on a ‘plank boat’ at the IIT Roorkee campus. (Instagram/@phd_baddie)A video from the institute has surfaced online, leaving social media users thoroughly amused. The viral clip captures the moment a group of people managed to navigate the heavily flooded roads surrounding their campus using a “makeshift boat.”Also Read: Watch: Maharashtra floods sweep away 3,000 LPG cylinders, locals risk lives as they rush to collect“Kasturba Bhawan boat service,” reads the caption of a video posted on the Instagram page “phd_baddie”.Kasturba Bhawan is a girls’ hostel in IIT Roorkee. It was established as a two-floor building in 2006. Later, it was extended multiple times and presently has seven floors. Its name is dedicated to Kasturba Ji.What does the video show?The clip opens on a group of people standing on the planks, holding umbrellas. One person is seen using a long pipe in place of ore. The video also captured the campus roads filled with water.(Hindustantimes.com has reached out to OP. This report will be updated when they respond.)
