The heavy rainfall has inundated several areas of Bengaluru on Tuesday.
The downpour has resulted in water logging at several places across the country’s IT hub—Bengaluru.
Some underpasses were flooded with knee-deep water.
The city’s several areas, including Malleswaram, Shantinagar, Mysore Bank, and Town Hall witnessed heavy downpours.
The Bengaluru people shared videos on social media that showed flooded roads, continuous downpours and slow-moving traffic.
A video shared by the Bengaluru Traffic Police showed vehicles moving slowly on both sides of a road.
While there was a slight respite from showers in the evening, downpours resumed again at night on Monday. The Srirampur and Lingarjpura underpasses were flooded.
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Meanwhile, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar paid a surprise visit to the war room of civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office at Hudson Circle at midnight.
DK Shivakumar reviewed disaster and relief work in the city in the wake of heavy rains.
The Traffic Department earlier issued following advisories:
- Slow-moving traffic at Veerannapalya towards Manyata tech park due to waterlogging.
- Slow moving traffic in 'Gunjur' due to road conditions after the rain.
- Vehicle movement was slow at Kasturinagar on ORR road due to waterlogging after heavy rain.
- Traffic was diverted at Kogilu junction after waterlogging was reported at Vidya Shilpa underpass service road.
