Several parts of Bengaluru witness severe water logging after heavy rainfall

Bengaluru,Sept. 5:  Several parts of Bengaluru were waterlogged Monday morning after heavy rainfall Sunday evening with massive traffic jams reported from across the city. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru received 131.6 mm of rainfall, just short of breaking an eight-year-old record. On September 26, 2014, Bengaluru received 132.3 mm of rainfall.

Meanwhile, the city’s civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has also issued helpline numbers. The BBMP also has a 24×7 helpline (2266 0000) and WhatsApp helpline (94806 85700), along with zonal helpline numbers. The toll free number 1533 is also reported to act as the rain helpline.

Also, the Rainbow Drive Layout in Sarjapur, Outer Ring Road, Varthur, and K R Puram were again left inundated. Complains of flooding also came in from several other areas like Bilekahalli, Madiwala Lake Road, Silk Board Junction, R R Nagar, Nandini Layout, Hebbal, Hennur, Kengeri, Sanjaynagar, Banaswadi and others

-NIE