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Bengaluru Floods News LIVE Updates: IMD predicts continuous rainfall for next five days, yellow alert issued
Flood waters receded on Wednesday in the country's technology hub of Bengaluru, allowing normal life to resume in parts of the city after two days of incessant rain brought chaos and killed at least one person. Police said flooded roads had cleared in the worst hit areas with traffic returning to usual levels, while the city's water utility said it had resumed regular supplies after the flooding closed a pumping station. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted continuous rainfall in Bengaluru for the next five days. A yellow alert has been issued. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
Widespread very light to moderate rains likely over BBMP area. Maximum & minimum temperatures likely to be around 30 & 19 degree C respectively.
Widespread moderate rains with isolated to scattered places heavy to very heavy rains likely over Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada & Udupi districts.
Widespread very light to moderate rains with isolated to scattered heavy to very heavy rains likely over Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijayapura districts and widespread very light to moderate rains likely over remaining districts of the region.
Widespread light to moderate rains with isolated heavy to very heavy rains likely over Kolar & Chikkaballapura and widespread very light to moderate rains likely over remaining districts of the region.
Widespread very light to moderate rains with isolated heavy to very heavy rains likely over SIK,NIK & Malnad districts and widespread moderate to heavy rains with isolated places very heavy rains likely over Coastal districts. Thunderstorm with lightning likely at isolated places over the State.
Karnataka: School children cross a submerged bridge on a JCB machine in Guledagudda town of Bagalkote district. (ANI)
#WATCH | Karnataka: School children cross a submerged bridge on a JCB machine in Guledagudda town of Bagalkote dist… https://t.co/XIWJTrAGjl
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1662544533000Rainbow layout submerged on Sarjapur main road due to heavy rain
Rainbow layout submerged on Sarjapur main road due to heavy rain in #Bengaluru. #BengaluruFloods https://t.co/JqndPE6mng
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1662541528000SDRF rescues 60 members from farmhouse, warehouse
Traffic snarl at Channasandra main road due to heavy waterlogging
Traffic snarl at Channasandra main road in #Bengaluru due to heavy waterlogging. #BengaluruRains #BengaluruFloods https://t.co/rpsUK4u5tm
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1662537124000Heavy waterlogging at Channasandra main road in Bengaluru.
Heavy waterlogging at Channasandra main road in #Bengaluru. #BengaluruRains #BengaluruFloods https://t.co/KJoJpHRJME
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1662536982000High corruption, bad governance: Mohandas Pai on floods in Bengaluru
Information technology industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai has said the havoc caused in Bengaluru due to heavy rains was a result of multiple factors, including bad governance, high corruption, and lack of urban reforms. Both political leaders and bureaucrats have failed the citizens, the former chief financial officer of IT major Infosys Ltd said on the floods in parts of Bengaluru following two days of torrential rains. (PTI)
Water recedes in parts of Bengaluru, residents venture out
Flood waters receded on Wednesday in the country's technology hub of Bengaluru, allowing normal life to resume in parts of the city after two days of incessant rain brought chaos and killed at least one person. Police said flooded roads had cleared in the worst hit areas with traffic returning to usual levels, while the city's water utility said it had resumed regular supplies after the flooding closed a pumping station. Read more here
Bengaluru to witness rain for next five days, yellow alert issued
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted continuous rainfall in Bengaluru for next five days. Yellow alert was issued on Wednesday.
Waterlogging begins receding at Outer Ring Road near Eco Space in Bengaluru
#WATCH Waterlogging begins receding at Outer Ring Road near Eco Space in #Bengaluru. #BengaluruRains… https://t.co/Hk5MkaWXJy
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1662525364000ORR, Bellandur lake and Ecospace
ORR, Bellandur lake and Ecospace https://t.co/gYFJlogyvp
— ORRCA (@Namma_ORRCA) 1662521291000Bengaluru: Gated communities turn into ghost towns; residents flee, hundreds of luxury cars submerged
Rain piled on the miseries of upscale gated communities on and off Yemalur Main Road, near HAL, east Bengaluru for the second consecutive night on Monday, prompting hundreds of families to abandon their luxury villas and seek refuge in hotels or at homes of friends and relatives. Read more here
People vent out anger on social media
Tweeple don't mince words. When an overnight downpour led to a deluge like situation in the country's IT hub, Twitterati did not hold itself back and fired from all cylinders. From plain angst to quirky sarcasm or questioning the authorities, many Twitter users were at their creative best, some quipping “Bengaluru is Venice now” while some others rued the eroding green cover leading to new civic challenges. “Who needs a wonderla, a water amusement park when entire #bangalore can we be water park! Thanks for #bbmp , it takes lot of efforts and dedication to turn a city into a floating city!” a twitter user going by the name “anonymous!@Died_Democracy” said in a tweet. Anirban Sanyal, another twitter user, shared a picture of a water-logged city airport, and had a swipe at the state of infrastructure.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, along with ministers CN Ashwathnarayan & R Ashok, local MLA, BBMP officials & concerned dept visited rain-affected & waterlogged areas at Outer Ring Road, Bengaluru near EcoSpace, early morning today.
Roads remain waterlogged amid heavy rain in Bengaluru
#WATCH Roads remain waterlogged amid heavy rain in #Bengaluru. (Visuals from Koramangala) #BengaluruRains… https://t.co/yziEcRqWMb
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1662519354000Karnataka CM & BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai, leave your power & let there be a President rule. We will come to power & solve the problem of waterlogging in Bengaluru.
Congress leader DK Shivakumar
