Heavy rain lasting for 30-40 minutes in the evening in eastern and southeastern parts of the city brought traffic to a standstill and left pedestrians struggling on waterlogged stretches for an hour later.
Bengaluru Rains
Parts of Bengaluru witnessed heavy rain on Tuesday evening bringing several localities to a near-standstill. Rainwater entered a newly-inaugurated metro station in Whitefield, with videos showing workers clearing out water from the platform and the ticketing counter.
Some distressed commuters slammed the government and questioned whether the metro infrastructure was ready for inauguration.
Whitefield Rising, a citizen forum of Bengaluru tweeted, “Inside the brand new Nallurhalli Metro station. Water on the platform as well near the ticketing counter. @cpronammametro one rain, and water has seeped inside fully.”
Inside the brand new Nallurhalli Metro station.
Water on the platform as well near the ticketing counter. @cpronammametro one rain, and water has seeped inside fully. pic.twitter.com/HhJFt8aQkw
— Whitefield Rising (@WFRising) April 4, 2023
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Inside the brand new Nallurhalli Metro station.
Water on the platform as well near the ticketing counter.
One light rain, and water has seeped inside fully. What will happen in rainy season?
Was incomplete metro innaugrated only for PM to get 2 mins of headlines? pic.twitter.com/T10qxWKnFN
— Kamran (@CitizenKamran) April 5, 2023
Varthur Kodi. 30 min of rain. pic.twitter.com/eqCnuPpUeS
— Whitefield Rising (@WFRising) April 4, 2023
#KarnatakaElection2023
???? Double engine #40PercentSarkara strikes again.
Water on the platform as well near the ticketing counter at the brand new Nallurhalli Metro station. The metro route inaugurated by Modi
One rain, and water has seeped inside fully. pic.twitter.com/Haay38tpyu— Apurva Mirajkar (@apurvasays) April 4, 2023
@PMOIndia Pl check the metro station designs , where single rain fall of 30-40 min has made it collect 2 inch water in Nallurhalli station within 9 days of inauguration. Engineers or contractors needs to be roughed up on public money or suspended. Past -same thing happened. pic.twitter.com/ElpjR7pLKE
— YK Maheshwari (@ykm_online) April 6, 2023
?Built at a cost of ₹ 4,249 crore,
Within three days after
Mr.Modi inaugurated the 13.71km phase II of the Bengaluru Metro, heavy rains in the city yesterday evening resulted in waterlogging at the Nallurhalli metro station ? pic.twitter.com/o0jfFQIsvn— Pranesh.VJ (@Praneshvjcbe) April 5, 2023
Premium housing society at Whitefield #palmmeadows let’s rain water on to the road causing flooding of the houses nearby @RGhalli_BW_Road @WFRising @NammaWhitefield @ArvindLBJP @BBMPMahadevpura @BSBommai @ndtv @DeccanHerald pic.twitter.com/FOXcas6pcD
— Gerald Prabhu (@GeraldPrabhu) April 4, 2023
This is what one can expect when metro stations are opened in hurry without properly completing the works..
— Shanoj Devassy (@shanojdevassy) April 4, 2023
