Srinagar, July 11 -- In a stark example of civic negligence, hundreds of plastic bottles were pulled out of clogged drains during a clean-up operation in Safakadal area of old Srinagar following heavy rainfall that inundated several lanes earlier this week.While authorities are routinely blamed for poor drainage and flooding, the ground reality uncovered by the Urban Environmental Engineering Department (UEED) and concerned residents tells a different story-indiscriminate plastic dumping by locals is the primary culprit."The drainage infrastructure in old Srinagar is capable of handling rainfall, but the drains are choked with plastic waste, especially bottles, making water flow impossible," said a UEED official involved in the operation....