On May 17, the city of Bengaluru witnessed heavy rains causing many roads to be waterlogged. On Tuesday evening, the city experienced heavy rain for several hours. Furthermore, commuters were unable to proceed due to knee-deep water, and several areas of the city experienced heavy traffic congestion.
Due to the heavy rainfalls, two labourers were killed in Ullal Upanagar. One labourer came from Bihar while the other was from Uttar Pradesh. Their bodies were found at a pipeline work site.
On the same day, the IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfalls in Karnataka, Kerala and the northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh over the next three days. The IMD believes the rains were caused by strong south-westerly winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal to northeast India and eastern India.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has stated that light to moderate rainfall will continue on May 18. Horamavu received the highest rainfall (155mm) while Jakkur had received the lowest rainfall in the city (102 mm).
Rainfall is also expected in Bengaluru’s urban and rural areas, as well as other parts of Karnataka such as Koppal, Raichur, Uttara Kannada, and Udupi, among others, according to the IMD.
Residents of Bengaluru took to social media to highlight their plight and anger
Just 15 minutes of incessant rain is enough for all the drains to clean itself and throw all it's waste on the road .
World class infrastructure in Bengaluru 👏👏 . #bengaluru #bangalorerains@BBMPCOMM @BBMPSplHealth @BSBommai @CMofKarnataka @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/JY2JofJdUk— Abhilash (@abhilasshhhhhh) May 16, 2022
A river in full force at the silk board junction! Shared by a friend who is braving this weather and returning from work. #bangalorerains pic.twitter.com/Z66BfqGtUX
— akhila deshpande (@akhiladeshpande) May 17, 2022
Heavy rain is going to buy bleach. #OrangeAlert for Bangalore #bangalorerains pic.twitter.com/sJ9hE5FYaG
— Pallavi Priya (@P24Pallavi) May 18, 2022
What bangaloreans need these day to survive traffic and rains
😭😭😭😭 #bangalorerains pic.twitter.com/fEACRCywRw
— Hαɾʂԋ ɢǟʀɢ (@TechnoSanghi) May 17, 2022
Hello #BBMP #bangalorerains pic.twitter.com/T1xAahAoGb
— Raju (@_Raju_s) May 17, 2022
The malleswaram beach.. at the Mantri Mall metro exit.. with the road under white topping and blocked and drains blocked.. God only save us if we fall into this #bangalorerains #malleswaram @BBMPCOMM pic.twitter.com/3xMn0mIitv
— prats (@prats_39) May 17, 2022
#bangalorerains @BBMPCOMM #bbmp
Cannot go out of home.. cannot go to office, power disruption continuously, how to do work from home ? pic.twitter.com/zO7MD1dGJp— Durga (@pattnaik_sipun) May 18, 2022
References: News Minute
Featured image source: Bangalore Mirror
