The heavy rain in Bengaluru has disrupted normal life with residents wading through waterlogged streets. India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted light to moderate rain in rural and urban Bengaluru till September 3.
Schools and colleges remained closed on Tuesday due to heavy rain. Several trees were uprooted and Bengaluru-Mysuru highway was inundated after heavy rain.
The city’s IT corridor and outer ring road was flooded, leading to massive traffic snarl.
More than 15 hours after heavy rains battered Bengaluru, it’s absolute chaos on city’s IT corridor and outer ring road. Water level hasn’t reduced, lakes in the area near full tank level. Thankfully the schools and colleges are shut, could have been far worse. @WeAreBangalore pic.twitter.com/hKqjSaJK78
— Harish Upadhya (@harishupadhya) August 30, 2022
#BreakingNews | #Exclusive visuals of Bengaluru-Mysuru highway inundated after heavy rains, lack of planning exposed @harishupadhya shares more details #BengaluruRain #karnataka | @toyasingh pic.twitter.com/B6CrpgnI3R
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 30, 2022
The weather forecasting agency sounded yellow alert for Bengaluru, Belagavi and several districts.
#IMD sounds yellow alert for Bengaluru, Belagavi and several districts. Copious rainfall continues to lash across #karnataka.
CM @BSBommai visited rain hit areas; assures Revenue department will conduct survey and documents of crop loss will be uploaded. pic.twitter.com/B8oHdJvsDB
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) August 30, 2022
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visited the flood-ravaged areas on Monday. The southwest monsoon is likely to enter its withdrawal phase in the first week of September, nearly a fortnight ahead of the normal date, reports PTI.
Twitter has been reflecting the grim situation on ground, as people share photos and videos of waterlogging after the downpour.
Bangalore has turned into Venice. This is the Outer Ring Road River in Bellandur #bengalururains #BengaluruRain pic.twitter.com/Bae5K4MW3K
— Naresh prabha (@1naresh_prabha) August 30, 2022
According to a report by PTI, the Karnataka government has estimated rain-related losses since June to the tune of Rs 7,647.13 crore. Revenue Minister R Ashoka said on Tuesday that the state government will also ask the Union government to depute an Inter-Ministerial Central Team to assess damages caused by rain, floods and landslides.
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The state government will also send a proposal to the Central government seeking a relief of Rs 1,012.5 crore as per National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) norms.
“A total of 23,794 houses have been damaged and crop loss is to the tune of 5.8 lakh hectares since June, so far. So we will be requesting for a central relief of Rs 1,012.5 crore as per NDRF norms. This does not include the losses due to rain in the last few days,” Ashoka said.
Since June 1, Karnataka has received 820 mm of rainfall, affecting 27 districts and 187 villages, impacting a population of 29,967; while nine mm rainfall has been recorded in the last 24 hours affecting 20 villages in Ramanagara, Chamarajanagara and Mandya districts, impacting lives of 3,000 people.
As many as 96 people died while three went missing due to rain-related incidents since June.
(With PTI inputs)
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