According to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, some parts of the state capital received 150 percent more rain than usual between September 1 and September 5.
Digital Desk: After getting significant rain
over the previous three days, Bengaluru has once again been inundated. The
situation is expected to stay the same because heavy to very heavy rains have
been forecast for Silicon City and other areas of Karnataka through September
9.
In addition to flooding upscale apartment
buildings and homes, the torrential downpour also damaged power lines and
backed up traffic on major thoroughfares. Many people were left trapped in
their homes and on the highway. Residents were rescued from waterlogged regions
using boats and even tractors.
Water logging severely affected regions like
Rainbow Drive Layout, Sunny Brooks Layout, Bellandur, Eco Board, and several
areas along Sarjapur Road.
According to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai,
some parts of the state capital received 150 percent more rain than usual
between September 1 and September 5.
Here are the top points.
1) Due to the persistent downpour in portions
of Bengaluru, a holiday has been declared for both schools and high schools.
Bengaluru is still underwater in many areas.
2) Due to suburban large tech parks' ongoing
flooding from overflowing lakes and stormwater drains, many IT companies have
requested that their staff members work from home.
3) State Minister of Information Technology
Ashwat Narayan will discuss the flooding in the IT corridor with
representatives of the IT industry at a meeting scheduled for today at 5 p.m.
in Vidhan Sabha.
4) Bengaluru is having its wettest summer in
50 years.162 lakes reached their full capacity as a result of the intense rain.
Two overflowing lakes-Bellandur and
Varthur-have inundated residential areas in the vicinity of the lake. Tractors
and boats were deployed to get residents out of flooded societies.
5) The heavy rains' impact on Bengaluru's
Kempegowda International Airport's flight operations has also been alleviated.
6) On Tuesday, Chief Minister Bommai cited
the "maladministration" of the previous Congress administration as
the cause of the city's flooding. According to him, they have given the
go-ahead for construction projects to be carried out "right-left-center"
on tank bunds and in buffer zones around lakes.
7) The partial restoration of Bengaluru's
drinking water supply, which was interrupted due to severe rains in Mandya,
Karnataka. In TK Halli, one of the pumping stations is operational, and work is
being done to restore the other. The supply would be restored to normal in the
coming days, according to CM Bommai.
8) A shear zone that formed between 4.5 and
5.8 kilometres above mean sea level and dumped torrential rains in south
interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru City, was the cause of the extra
rainfall. A zone with conflicting winds that concentrate heavy rain is known as
a shear zone and is a monsoon weather phenomenon.
9) To control the flooding in the city, the
state government has decided to release Rs 300 crore. To control the overflow
of water after intense rainfall, the administration has also suggested building
sluice gates for each lake in Bengaluru.
10) The 800 sq km region of the city of
Bengaluru only has 56 sq km of flooding, according to the civic body of the
city, and steps are being conducted to clear obstructions from the streams to
stop flooding.
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