Bengaluru rain: Low-lying areas submerged, traffic hit after heavy downpour

Due to the showers, h2o entered an old-age location astatine Basaveshwaranagar, inconveniencing much than 15 residents. A compound partition collapsed astatine Binnypet, damaging astir 10 bikes parked on the wall. Drain h2o besides entered the vicinity aft the partition collapsed.

The inundation inconvenienced residents of much than a 1000 apartments astatine Kendriya Vihar, Yelahanka, prompting authorities to rescue immoderate radical earlier the h2o receded. Similarly, h2o entered respective homes successful low-lying areas of Attur. At Vijayanagar, the recently inaugurated Palike Bazar was flooded owed to dense showers. Due to the rain, postulation question was besides affected arsenic h2o entered roads successful parts of the city.

According to forecasts, thundershowers volition apt beryllium seen successful Bengaluru and parts of southbound interior Karnataka until October 9. The IMD has issued a informing for dense rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning until then. Heavy rainfall is besides forecast for coastal and Malnad districts until October 8, aft which rainfall is expected to reduce.