Bengalureans woke up to flooded roads and parking lots, power cuts and other rain related fury on Independence Day today. Overnight rains wreaked havoc across Bengaluru as the city received the heaviest downpour in August in over 100 years.
Bengaluru witnessed a record 180 mm rainfall in barely three hours and crippled normal life and flooded roads and houses in many localities.
The torrential rains uprooted trees, twisted electric poles and snapped cable lines even in upscale residential areas across the city, disrupting power supply.
"As the downpour in just three hours (3 am to 6 am) was so heavy, the storm-water drains could not take the load in such a short time, resulting in rainwater overflowing on several roads and inundating low-laying areas," Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palika (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad said.
Civic officials had to use make-shift boats to rescue the stranded in some areas while power outages led to blackouts for hours since early morning in many areas.
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