Bengaluru under water again as heavy rains trigger waterlogging, yellow alert issued

Bengaluru ,Oct 20 : Amid the forecast of heavy rainfall in parts of Karnataka for the next few days, heavy downpours battered the IT capital, Bengaluru, on Wednesday evening, flooding several areas in the east, south and central parts of the city.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a yellow alert, indicative of heavy rain, has been issued as rainfall will continue for the next three days.

Visuals from low-lying areas showed heavily waterlogged roads, water flowing into open manholes, flooded basement parking and damaged vehicles.

#Bengalururains

visual 04 JC Road pic.twitter.com/3d6RudwhSX — Sumit (@SumitHansd) October 19, 2022

A resident shared a video of a flooded basement on Twitter and wrote, “This isn’t a river,its my building’s basement. #bbmp #bengalururains”

This is’nt a river,its my building’s basement.#bbmp #bengalururains pic.twitter.com/NFU2wmr5o8 — Jeeshan Kohli (@JeeshanKohli) October 20, 2022

Again there was waterlogging in Bellandur.

What has MLA @ArvindLBJP cc @BSBommai done since the last flooding? #BengaluruRain #bengalururains pic.twitter.com/GfgFhnN5d5 — ನಾನು Unknowನು✍🏼 (@Bearded_Brahmin) October 19, 2022

Meanwhile, heavy rain also led to a wall collapse near the Majestic that damaged several vehicles parked on the road.

Karnataka | Some vehicles were damaged after a wall collapsed due to heavy rains near Majestic in Bengaluru city. pic.twitter.com/ykiMzcphqA — ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

Last month, the city grappled with unprecedented floods after rain for three straight days. Parts of the city where global IT companies and home-grown start-ups are located were under water, which took days to recede.

Tractors were pressed into service to rescue residents in some of the posh housing colonies.

-The India Today