IN PHOTOS | India's tech capital Bengaluru reels under rains; waterlogging and flooding cause chaos

Bengaluru is reeling under severe waterlogging due to incessant heavy rains which continued to affect traffic in several areas of the city today. However, parts of the ciy that were battered by torrential rains for the last couple of days appeared to be slowly returning to normalcy with floodwaters receding in some areas.

Bengaluru is reeling under severe waterlogging due to incessant heavy rains which continued to affect traffic in several areas of the city today. However, parts of the ciy that were battered by torrential rains for the last couple of days appeared to be slowly returning to normalcy with floodwaters receding in some areas. (IN PIC: An official poses with a child rescued from a flooded house/ ANI) 

Rain and water overflowing from the city's many lakes have turned roads into rivers, and flooded houses. (IN PIC: Vehicles pass through the waterlogged Outer Ring Road after heavy monsoon rains, near Bellandur in Bengaluru/ PTI)

Migrant people shift with their belongings from a flooded locality after heavy monsoon rains, in Bellandur, Bengaluru. (Photo | PTI)

On Monday, many IT professionals in India's Silicon Valley resorted to tractors to reach their workplaces. (IN PIC: Tractors being used to evacuate people stranded at the waterlogged Yemalur area/ PTI)

Desperate citizens ride a tractor on a flooded road in Mahadevapura, which has been rain-hit, in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Photo | Vinod Kumar T, EPS)

An aerial view shows a waterlogged locality following heavy rains at Rainbow Drive layout, Sarjapura, in Bengaluru. (Photo | ANI)

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said he would bat for special grants from Centre to handle the situation arising out of the damage caused by the downpour to civic infrastructure. (IN PIC: Homes of Powrakarmikas and daily wage workers submerged in water in Munikolalu near Bellandur, Bengaluru/ EPS)

Earlier in July, Karnataka suffered heavy floods due to rains, after which rescue missions and relief work had to be carried out. (IN PIC: CM Bommai inspecting T K Halli water supply unit which was submerged in water/ EPS)

Those in Epsilon gated community in the city were top business executives and in this neighbourhood, high-end cars were submerged, household belongings were washed away and they used tractors and boats to reach places of safety. (Photo | PTI)

Firefighters help an elderly woman move to a safer area after heavy rainfall in Bangalore. (Photo | AP)

Residents of a locality being shifted by firefighters after the area partially submerged following incessant rain, in Bengaluru. (Photo | ANI)

Immersion of idols of Lord Ganesh using a crane during 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival in Bengaluru on Sunday. (Photo | PTI)