On Friday morning, Bengaluru woke up to the sound of thunder and lightning amid heavy rains that poured throughout the night. The rain caused power cuts throughout the city. Experts estimate the weather could stay the same for the next 4 days at least.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) control rooms were flooded with calls that complained of several trees that have fallen due to the heavy rains. The complaints were also about water logging in several parts of the city. In Laggere, the overnight rains brought down the compound wall of the government quarters. As per the sources, the compound well on the vehicles parked on the road.
Road Collpases in Laggere
In another report from Laggere, an hour of rain in the morning has caused a road to collapse. According to the sources, the collapse was due to the overflow of the water through the pipes. Several vehicles parked in the road have been affected due to the incident. In a state of shock, people came out to witness the collapse as they broke the social distancing norm and thereby violating the lockdown guidelines. There are also complaints of water entering houses in Sahakaranagara and Laggere. The number of houses affected by this is still unknown.
According to the information from the BBMP’s control rooms, the complaints of fallen trees were reported at Yeshwantpur police station, Margosa Road, Govindarajanagara, Tilak Nagara, and BTM 2nd Stage.
As per GS Srinivasa Reddy, an official from the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Center, the rains in the city of Bengaluru will continue for over the next three days. On Thursday night alone, the city received an average of 14mm rainfall while some areas received over 60mm rainfall. GS Srinivasa Reddy said that the overcast conditions will stay throughout the day as the city might receive more rainfall.
The unusual rains in the season of summer are caused by the wind discontinuity from Vidharba to Tamil Nadu. The circulation over the Arabian Sea has also added to the cause. As per Reddy, several parts of the South interior parts of Karnataka and Malnad region are set to receive more rainfall in the next three-four days.
Source: The Hindu
