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Several regions of South India are affected by heavy rainfall. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. The rains have wreaked havoc on the region, causing flooding and waterlogging in various locations causing trouble to day-to-day life.
In Andhra Pradesh, 34 deaths are reported due to rain, and 12 people are missing.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a new weather warning for the region, predicting additional rain in the coming days.
Waterlogging caused by a heavy downpour in Bengaluru on Sunday evening stranded thousands of residents in low-lying areas of north Bengaluru. Water gushed into homes and basements, inundating property. Emergency service personnel were forced to press tractors and even inflatable boats into action in Bengaluru on Monday.
Emergency crews spent hours trying to reach homes in the city’s Yelahanka neighbourhood. For this operation, firefighters, civil defence personnel, police, home guard officials, and the State Disaster Response Force were all mobilised.
According to officials of the State Disaster Management Authority, heavy, unseasonal rains have been pelting areas of Karnataka for almost two weeks, killing 24 people across the state as of Sunday evening.
On Monday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inspected the afflicted districts and announced relief funds for individuals whose homes and crops have been damaged or destroyed.
Thousands of people in Vidyaranyapura, Yelahanka, Jakkur, and Mahadevapura in the north and north-west Bengaluru have been dealing with rain-related power outages, flooding, and overflowing sanitary drains since Sunday night. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had to rescue senior folks and children from submerged apartment complexes like Kendriya Vihar while delivering supplies to others.
“The rest of Bengaluru is fine, but the Yelahanka zone received severe rainfall (138 mm) in a matter of three hours — almost thrice the amount it usually gets in a month,” Gaurav Gupta, commissioner, BBMP, told reporters while overseeing relief efforts.
Following Sunday’s torrential rains, Manyata Tech Park, one of Bengaluru’s largest IT parks, was flooded. In north Bengaluru, waterlogging was also recorded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
Singapura lake, Amanikere lake, Allalasandra, and Yelahanka tank, as well as a half-dozen other lakes and tanks in the city’s north zone, flooded, turning neighbouring roads into rivulets, according to sources.