Latest news live: Rainwater enters residential area in Bengaluru after heavy downpur

Another resident, Murugan said, all the vehicles that were parked outside have been submerged in the rainwater.

Speaking to ANI Govindamma, a resident of the Hosakerehalli said, "Water started increasing in the evening hours, it gushed inside our house. I along with my children was there inside the house at that time. We closed the door so that water doesn't enter but unfortunately the water entered and somehow other residents saved us".

The rainwater entered the residential area following which people have also suffered loss of property and damage to furniture.

Normal life has been disrupted in Bengaluru as rainwater entered houses after the city received a heavy downpour on Friday night.

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The India Meteorological Department has issued yellow alert for Bengaluru for next two days, which means the city will be receiving anywhere between 64 mm to 115 mm rain.

Man watched car vanish in swirling waters after landlord informed him about deluge

Newlywed Jagadish Kumar, a software professional with a private company, had recently moved into a house on the first floor of a three-storey building in Gurudutta Layout near Hosakerehalli. He had finished lunch on Friday when his landlord, Muthanna (name changed), called him on the phone around 4pm and raised an alarm over a deluge outside. According to Muthanna, Jagadish rushed to his balcony only to see that his red Maruti Swift was not where he had parked it. All he could see was that swirling rainwaters had turned the road into a canal. Before it could sink in, Jagadish peered ahead to find his hatchback adrift in the water about 100 feet away from his house. Within seconds, the vehicle was washed away and vanished from his sight. The stormwater drain (SWD) in the locality had overflowed.

Bengaluru floods: Gurudutta Layout bore brunt of SWD breach

Chandru M has been running a supermarket in Gurudutta Layout near Hoskerehalli, south Bengaluru, for 15 years now. Never before has he seen water in the locality’s stormwater drain (SWD) gushing with such force. “The water level was rising rapidly. It flowed on the road and then started entering my shop as we looked on. We didn’t even get time to react. In less than an hour, the water level rose to 2 ft, submerging all my goods,” said Chandru, owner of SLV Mart. Read full story

Gandhi Bazaar underpass flooded, JC Road traders hit

Tagore Circle underpass in Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi turned into a lake of sorts following incessant rain in the afternoon. Mahesh EV, the businessman, said the entire area was flooded during and after the showers. He said his office, located next to the passport office on Lalbagh Road, was inundated. “Vehicles were stranded in the parking area of Lalbagh Road,” he said. The video showed vehicles in knee-deep water and people in shops next to the basement trying to retrieve their drenched goods.

According to the weatherman, at least 15 localities across the city received more than 50mm of rain; Kengeri and RR Nagar topped the list with 103mm and 102mm respectively, as of 7pm. “A trough is over Bengaluru city. A yellow alert has been issued for the city indicating heavy rain,” the Met office said.

“We never expected so much rain. The downpour has put the carrying capacity of our SWDs to test,” BBMP commissioner Manjunath Prasad told TOI.

Layout and Dattatreya Nagar, near Hosakerehalli, and Pramod Layout in RR Nagar where storm water drains breached around 4pm, sending water gushing to houses. Bheemanakatte lake in RR Nagar overflowed, flooding 20 houses in the neighbourhood.

The havoc wreaked by the rain was severe in Gurudatta

At least 300 houses were flooded, rendering tens of hundreds homeless, and 500 vehicles, including 100 cars, were washed away as heavy rain lashed south Bengaluru on Friday evening.

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