Heavy rain takes toll on Bengaluru, more predicted in coming days
BENGALURU: The heavy downpour on Sunday, October 3, 2021, not only brought Bengaluru to a standstill, but also exposed the lack of preparedness and planning of the civic agencies once again.
While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 63.8 mm of rain at its central rain gauge station, 59.5 mm at HAL and 8.7 mm at Kempegowda International Airport, the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Centre’s Jnanabharathi observatory recorded 110 mm rainfall.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) control room received 31 complaints of water logging and four tree fall incidents from Sunday night to Monday morning. Also six cows and six goats were reportedly washed away in heavy rain near Akkamahadevi Choultry.
In West Zone, 10 waterlogging complaints were received; in South Zone, there were two complaints of tree fall and three of water entering houses; in RR Nagar, there were 15 complaints of water entering houses; in Dasarahalli Zone, there were five complaints of water entering houses and in Mahadevapura, four cases of water logging.
As per BBMP records, the worst-affected areas were RR Nagar, HBR Layout, Domlur, Saraki, Malleswaram, Lakshminarayanapura, Kamalapura, Pattegarapalya, Kamakshipalya, Rajajinagar, Gayathri Nagar and Mysuru Road.
Geeta Agnihotri, IMD-Bengaluru, director- in-charge, said, “It is retreat of the South West Monsoon and such heavy rainfall is common during this period. Also systems are forming due to which most parts of South Interior Karnataka will experience heavy rainfall for the next few days.”
IMD forecast
Thunderstorms with lightning are very likely to occur at isolated places over Interior Karnataka from October 6-8.
Highest rainfall areas (in mm)
Jnanabharati 98
Nagarbhavi 91
Hampi Nagar 90
Nandini Layout 78
Heganahalli 67.5
Maruthi Mandir 64.5
VV Puram 58.5
RR Nagar 53.5
Dayanand Nagar 48.5