Bengaluru Roads Waterlogged, Several Areas Inundated As Downpour Wreaks Havoc in City | Key Points

Bengaluru Rains Latest News: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Karnataka for the next three days.

Edited By: Surabhi Shaurya

Updated: November 22, 2021, 2:25 PM IST

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Bengaluru: Hundreds of vehicles and people were stranded in Bengaluru as heavy rainfall continued to wreak havoc across the city on Monday. Due to the overflowing of Madiwala lake, various areas including BTM Layout, HSR Layout, Anugraha Layout were inundated.

Cauvery basin has recorded 95 per cent water storage and the Krishna basin has seen 92 per cent of water storage. Measures have been taken to ensure the safety of people living in low-lying areas as there will be huge water outflow from dams. Officials said 80,000 cusecs of water are being released from the Tungabhadra dam in the state.

#WATCH | Karnataka: Waterlogging amid heavy rainfall affects residents of Kendriya Vihar area, Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/uQ9MIvhk0U

— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2021

Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Karnataka for the next three days.

Here are the key points

• Yelahanka locality in Bengaluru is the worst affected with 45 places being waterlogged. Many houses and apartments in Mahadevapura, Vidyaranyapuram, Allalasandra, and Rajarajeshwarinagar localities are also submerged.
• Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagar, Hassan districts have suffered extensively.
• As many as 165 bridges are also damaged. Since September, 1,225 school buildings, 39 public health centre (PHC) buildings in various districts are also severely damaged by rains.
• 1,674 electric poles are damaged and 278 transformers have also suffered damages, claimed reports.
• Officers have been instructed to take action for speedy disbursal of crop loss insurance amounts by the insurance companies. Orders were issued to take up the road repair works immediately after the rain spell.
• It was also suggested to take up the repair of irrigation tanks on war-footing. The government has also decided to release Rs 25 lakh for each zone in the BBMP limits for pothole fillings. Instructions for submitting ward-wise reports on damages in the BBMP limits have been given.
• Home Guards, Civil Defence Force teams are ready to take up the rescue and relief work. Officers were instructed to augment their strength, if necessary in the meeting.
• As many as 24 persons lost their lives due to tragedies related to the heavy rainfall in Karnataka since September. The rains have also caused a loss of agricultural crops in five lakh hectares in the state.
• These were some of the important points that emerged from the Sunday evening meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at his home office, Krishna, to review the damage caused by incessant rains in various parts of the state.
• According to sources, the preliminary report on the damages stated that 658 houses were completely damaged and 8,495 houses were partially damaged. It has also resulted in the death of 191 livestock.