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Bengaluru: As the tech capital continues to batter the ravaging floods, the Silicon Valley Of India, Bengaluru turned to Venice (as netizens are called it), like a city of lakes but where people were not pleased about it. Owing to the incessant torrential rains lot pf people were seen getting ferried in boats, or tractors or cranes. Many were evacuated as flood water inundates residential complexes too. Hence, amid the distressing situation Bengaluru is grappling with, the block education officer ordered that primary and high schools in Bengaluru East Zone will remain closed tomorrow, September 7 (Wednesday) due to heavy rainfall and waterlogging.
As per report by news agency ANI, Dr Geeta Agnihotri, Scientist, Meteorological Department, said, “Today’s rainfall report for Bengaluru is: Electronic City-8 cms, City office-4 cms, International airport-9.6 mm & HAL airport-5 cms. Heavy rain for next 2-3 days in Bengaluru, a yellow alert was issued for today.”
A view of a flooded area after heavy rainfall in Bangalore (AP Photo)
She further added that widespread rains for next 5 days in coastal and North interior Karnataka, 3 days widespread rains followed by fairly widespread rains in the next 2 days in South interior Karnataka are expected.
Earlier in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that Bengaluru is unlikely to heave sigh of relief from heavy downpour. Yellow alert has been sounded in wake of the situation.
Such climate crisis knows no bounds. It has affected people from every walk of life. As the city continues to reel under the ravaging effects flood, people are wading through life finding alternate means. From cranes, tractors to boats, reportedly people have been arriving at offices on these alternate mode of transportation.
At least one person ahs been dead and 75 localities experiencing waterlogging. The inundated city has been grappling with a weakened infrastructure, the condition of which was revealed in the time of this crisis. The city has forced people to come up with alternate modes of transportation such as tractors and cranes. The lack of a strong infrastructure in city can be fathomed by the level of inundation with 131.6 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
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