The incessant rains saw several areas of Bengaluru inundated with water from nearby lakes entering houses. (Source: ANI)
Overnight rains in Bengaluru has left the city battling traffic jams, waterlogged roads and flooding on Friday. The incessant rains saw several areas of the city inundated with water from nearby lakes entering houses. Times of India reported that residents of Akshaynagar, kodichikkanahalli and Arakere layout along Bannerghatta road were the worst hit, with water levels rising to at least 4 feet and flooding at least 40 houses. News channel NDTV showed visuals of people being stranded in Electric City, which houses some of India’s biggest IT companies such as Infosys.
The fire department pressed into service a boat to rescue those stranded due to the flood waters, NDTV reported. Twitter is awash with images of Bengalurians wadding through waters as most roads remained cutoff for vehicular movement. A few were seen using fishing nets to catch any fish that might have strayed out of the overflowing lakes. Storm drains have not been so effective in draining the flood waters as rains continue to batter Bengaluru.
Situation is pretty grim in Gurugram as well as rains caused massive traffic jams on Thursday night, leaving commuters stranded for over five hours. The situation did not improve on Friday morning as most roads leading to Gurugram remained choked with traffic.
Locals attempt to catch fish on the streets in Bengaluru. (Source: ANI)
#WATCH: Flood water enters homes in Bommanahalli area of Bengaluru (Karnataka) following heavy rainfall.http://t.co/ZAZ8HsYlv8
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 29, 2016
Flood water enters homes in Bommanahalli area of Bengaluru (Karnataka) following heavy rainfall.
#WATCH: Locals catch fish on streets as lake overflows in Bengaluru (Karnataka) due to incessant rainshttp://t.co/8TaFhE0Cyb
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 29, 2016
Locals catch fish on streets as lake overflows in Bengaluru.
Snake found in flood water during rescue operations in Bengaluru (Karnataka) #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/BVchXNtxpD
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 29, 2016
Snake found in flood water during rescue operations in Bengaluru.
As this video sent by a Bengalurean shows, this is the state of South #Bengaluru today morning. #Nowords pic.twitter.com/5EtODFMLNz
— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) July 29, 2016
As this video sent by a Bengalurean shows, this is the state of South Bengaluru today morning.
