The consecutive spells of heavy rainfall, particularly in North Bengaluru, have induced havoc with water coming into many households within the metropolis on Tuesday. Based on authorities, a cloud burst-like situation induced a downpour close to Yelahanka and Vidyaranyapura late on Monday, inflicting main water-logging in lots of elements of the realm.
The showers are anticipated to proceed till October 24, and the India Meteorological Division (IMD) issued a yellow alert for heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning.
With lakes filling to the brim as a result of rain, the overflowing water our bodies have change into a significant concern for residents. Kogilu Lake close to Kendriya Vihar House complicated in Yelahanka overflowed prompting authorities to deploy boats for rescue operations. The condo complicated, the place authorities are accused of encroaching into parts of the lake, was inundated with two to 3 toes of water, damaging a number of autos.
The bund of Doddabommasandra Lake, positioned close to Vidyaranyapura, breached on account of heavy rainfall inundating low-lying areas across the neighborhood. Karnataka Income Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, who visited the spot, stated the bund was breached for the primary time within the final 17-18 years. “Attributable to this, water has entered low-lying areas round Kodigehalli. The storm water drains too overflowed and entered layouts,” he stated, including that the outflow from Doddabommasandra Lake had diminished since morning.
Gowda stated as a result of concentrated ‘cloud-burst-like rainfall’ there was round 2.5 to three toes of water in some layouts and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was mobilising pumps to empty the water. He stated as extra rainfall is forecast, there are fears that the state of affairs would repeat even when the water receded throughout the day. Amongst different areas that had been affected as a result of overflowing Doddabommasandra Lake had been Tata Nagar, Bhadrappa Structure, and Balaji Structure.
Visitors motion was additionally affected in several elements of town, together with the Outer Ring Street. In an alert, the Bellandur Visitors Police stated waterlogging on the highway has resulted in slow-moving visitors close to Ecospace Junction. Stretches alongside Sarjapur highway had been additionally inundated.
Social media customers highlighted the plight of a number of localities as a result of downpour.
Tata Nagar in North Bengaluru after the deluge final evening 😲
Credit to Siddharth #BengaluruRains#BangaloreRains pic.twitter.com/4nxDAfsAGv
— Namma Karnataka Climate (@namma_vjy) October 22, 2024
One other publish famous that residents of Rainbow Drive in Sarjapur Street had been affected by heavy flooding.
Residents of Rainbow Drive on Sarjapur highway woke as much as heavy flooding this morning because the neighborhood lake breached. #Bengaluru #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/Ui6qPDv28Y
— North BangalorePost (@nBangalorepost) October 22, 2024
In a publish, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Visitors), Northeast division, stated the service highway from Kogilu junction in the direction of IAF was closed to allow rescue operations of these stranded at Kendriya Vihar Flats.
Service highway from kogilu junction in the direction of IAF is closed to allow rescue pic.twitter.com/eGb1j05D31
— ACP Visitors Northeast Pradeep (@acpnortheasttr) October 22, 2024
One other publish claimed that folks had been catching fish in flood waters at Tatanagar.
Persons are catching fishes in new bengaluru, tatanagar😂😂 #BengaluruFloods #BengaluruRains @hd_kumaraswamy pic.twitter.com/KeUjJoRboB
— Bhargav Acharya (@Iamachar) October 22, 2024
Based on stories, air visitors was additionally disrupted as a result of heavy rainfall on Monday night and 20 flights had been delayed whereas 5 had been diverted.
Aside from Bengaluru, heavy rainfall was additionally reported in inside elements of Karnataka. The Karnataka State Pure Catastrophe Monitoring Centre has issued a flood alert for low-lying areas downstream of Tungabhadra Dam. Outflow from the dam is predicted to extend to as much as 1.2 lakh cusecs on account of heavy rainfall in catchment areas.
