Citizens took to Twitter to express their disappointment towards the Karnataka government's negligence of adequate drainage systems.
Bengaluru is facing an enormous climate catastrophe. The devasting flood-like situation has seen several areas submerged, prompting authorities and citizens to use rafts, boats and other modes of transport to evacuate people.
The most affected areas in the city are Bellandur, Sarjapur Road, Whitefield, Outer Ring Road, and BEML Layout.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said Bengaluru City saw 131 mm of rain overnight.
The IMD has issued a yellow warning for the Bengaluru Urban district, as the city is likely to see more rains over the next two days.
"Traffic advisory"heavy water logging near echo world ORR traffic movement is very slow,travelers be aware about this our staffs clearing the traffic if it's possible please avoid this route TQ @DCPTrEastBCP @blrcitytraffic @acpwfieldtrf @AddlCPTraffic @CPBlr . pic.twitter.com/INUIiRYni4
— HAL AIRPORT TRAFFIC BTP (@halairporttrfps) September 5, 2022
Citizens rescue BMTC bus at Whitefield Main Road #bengalururains pic.twitter.com/GJx4Zx3Kva
— Anant Patil (@ADnant) September 5, 2022
According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), Bandikodagehalli saw very heavy rains — 125 mm — on Sunday. Doddanekundi — in the Mahadevapura zone — saw 125 mm of rain up to 3 am.
Marathahalli (East zone) saw 129 mm as of 3.15 am. HSR Layout saw 65 mm rain as of 3.30 am. Bengaluru North also saw a lot of rain in the 2-5 am duration.
Bangalore rains hit hard on Sunday night!!#bangalorerains #bangaloretraffic #bellandur #bellandurbridge pic.twitter.com/vVdxRER9yY
— nsrivastava.eth (@nitinkr1991) September 5, 2022
“Heavy rains since last night have caused flooding in many areas in Bengaluru, outer areas particularly. Several regions, especially the IT corridors areas have been flooded” said Srinivas Alavilli, a civic rights activist.
Present situation on ORR near eco space . Very slowing moving traffic from devarabeesanahalli to ibluru . Moving only in single lane . Kindly avoid this stretch pic.twitter.com/I1RhHMQ514
— DCP Traffic East ಉಪ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಆಯುಕ್ತರು ಸಂಚಾರ ಪೂರ್ವ (@DCPTrEastBCP) September 5, 2022
Alavilli, who heads civic participation in the NGO Janaagraha, explained that the main reason behind flooding in the city was rapid and unplanned urbanisation.
“Bengaluru is a city of lakes that are interconnected in a cascading manner. Overflow from one lake goes to the downstream lake via stormwater drains. In this case, the drain has been encroached upon and therefore rainwater has no place but to occupy road space,” he said.
As the water recedes slowly from Outer Ring Road, Bengaluru, let's look at what is happening in our cities.
Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, I can go on.. every single city had such flooding in recent times. In fact, these are annual rituals
Why? pic.twitter.com/yqz4nYyXbr
— Srinivas Alavilli (@srinualavilli) August 31, 2022
Outer ring road this morning. Flooded and difficult to travel.#BengaluruRain #Bengaluru #bangalorerain #bangalorerains pic.twitter.com/ilEL4oT2SV
— Namma Karnataka Weather (@namma_vjy) September 5, 2022
Even the airport was affected due to the heavy downpour.
The entire parking bay of the Bengaluru International Airport was flooded, with passengers and their families struggling to cross over to the departure gate.
https://twitter.com/anirban_sanyal/status/1566531211639783424
Netizens took to social media to express their disappointment at the condition of the roads and called out officials for poor management of the situation.
Thank you @CMofKarnataka @BSBommai you have developed our city to European Standards.
Now Indiranagar has started to look like Venice.
Please increase your corruption from 50% to 100% we will then be Venice for 365 days. Now this pleasure is only short lived#bengalururains pic.twitter.com/WXwVq15oBk
— Kamran (@CitizenKamran) August 29, 2022
'Blunder-La' water theme park 🙂 #bengalururains #Bangalore #bellandur #cartoon #art #rain #bangalorerain #ecospace #water #digitalart #Digital #ArtistOnTwitter #sundayvibes #wonderla #themepark #amuse #humor #rainalert #heavyrain #Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/wEYyjaYm7p
— Half Wit Creation (@halfwitcreation) September 4, 2022
Sarjapur Main road is like this 😳#bengalururains #bangalorerain pic.twitter.com/2ocIiEq65V
— Mallika Nallusamy (@Malli_official) September 5, 2022
Heavy rain & poor infrastructure turns Bengaluru roads into lakes.
Balagere-Panathur road flooded as storm water drains clog. Inflatable boats pressed into action near Sekhar Bellevue apartment. #bengalururains pic.twitter.com/RzhaRJUvH3
— South First (@TheSouthfirst) September 5, 2022
Another night of heavy rain and another day of nightmarish water clogging for Bengalurians. Road outside HAL's LCA Tejas facility underwater. Similar scenes on ORR, Whitefield, Mahadevapura. @TheSouthfirst pic.twitter.com/G1wVuCox6h
— Anusha Ravi Sood (@anusharavi10) September 5, 2022
Water logging upto hip level near Yemlur Signal near sobha palladian.We r stuck inside Prestige kew gardens as all roads leading hear are blocked.Wat to do in emergency #bangalorerain#bangalorefloods @BBMPCOMM @DeccanHerald @BangaloreTimes1@bbmpcommr @TheSouthfirst pic.twitter.com/1xfF6kamyn
— Raksha's Kitchen (@rakshaskitchen) September 5, 2022