Accordingly more misery is in store for Bengaluru as both the Indian Meteorological Department and the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall across the city throughout this week. Meanwhile the KSNDMC has alerted the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the city’s civic body, to ensure it is well prepared for the rains.
Reports added the KSNDMC will be, over the week, identifying flood points based on rainfall and real time developments. Earlier on Monday, the city woke up to wet streets with minor water logging in many low lying areas and hence the overnight rains, which were as heavy as 20 cm in certain regions of the city, uprooted many trees, and flooded many homes and roads.
Furthermore some areas in Southwest Bengaluru,
close to Hulimavu Lake, were the worst affected with storm water drains
overflowing several hours after the rains. Moreover according to the KSNDMC,
206mm of rainfall in Anjanapura, South Bengaluru, received the highest
rainfall. Also BBMP officials said that the heavy rains caused a compound
wall to collapse at Outer Ring Road near Nagarbhavi Circle and no one was
injured in the incident.
