Water-logging in localities like Rainbow Drive layout and Sunny Brooks Layout on Sarjapur Road among others was to such an extent that tractors and boats were used to ferry students and office goers in the morning.
There are reports of several areas on Outer Ring Road that houses some of the IT companies being affected by rains and flooding. Listed are five shocking videos that we found on the Internet showing how the daily lives in Bengaluru have been affected due to the rains.
BOATS AND TRACTORS TO THE RESCUE
SCENES FROM BELLANDUR
WIPRO CAMPUS FLOODED
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, “There have been heavy rains in Bengaluru, I have spoken to the Commissioner (BBMP) and other officials. I have asked officials to depute two State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams to Mahdevapura and Bommanahalli zones in the city that have been worst affected, with boats and other equipment..also engineers are there."
The chief minister also said that he has instructed officials to see to it that water is drained out from the inundated roads at the earliest. "There is a plan on how to create a temporary drain and how to go about it (drain out water), it will be operationalised today," he said.
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board's (BWSSB) unit that manages Cauvery water supply to city at T K Halli has been flooded and has caused damage to machinery there, Bommai said, he will be visiting there to inspect the spot.
(With PTI inputs)
