Traffic pile-up, water logging... endless woes on rainy evening

Traffic pile-up, water logging... endless woes on rainy evening
Deccan Herald

Buses broke down, roads were choked. All the things that you expected happened.

The continuous rains on Tuesday evening that touched 41.4 mm at 5.30 pm might have surprised Bangloreans but the speed at which vehicular movement ground to a halt leading to choked roads across Central Bangalore was quite unsurprising.

Like any other rainy day, all major roads including Infantry Road, Binny Mill Road, Airport Road, Bellary Road, Magadi Road, Tumkur Road, Byatrayanapura,Old Madras Road and Sampige Road saw vehicles moving at a snail pace coupled with serpentine queues. Water-logging was ascribed as the main reason. Aggravating the traffic situation further, were the trees that were uprooted in four areas causing inordinate delay in many stretches. Magadi Road, Bazaar street in RPC layout and Chamarajpet 2nd main were the areas that saw trees touching the ground.

On Magadi Road Sunkadkatte, traffic was disrupted for more than two hours following the uprooting of a tree at 5 pm. Further, as Magadi Road — considered a major transit route for business trade as well as a connecting link to areas including Vijayanagar and Kamakshipalya — was choked, heavy traffic jams was the order of the evening. Moreover, two buses broke down on the slushy stretch on RR Road at Srirampuram causing vehicular pile-up.

According to S Archana, an employee of Veeday Consultancy firm, it took her nearly two hours to reach her residence at Jayanagar.

“I had boarded the bus from Indiranagar at 6 pm and due to water-logging it took me thrice the normal time to reach my place ,” she said. Meanwhile, low-lying areas including Ejipura, JP nagar, Rajajinagar, BTM Layout, JB Nagar experienced water logging problems. However, the flooding receded after an hour.

Weather Update

According to Director of Meteorological Centre Dr A L Koppar, thunder showers in the afternoon will continue for the next ten days in Bangalore.

“This is a typical phenomenon during the monsoon withdrawal phase and South Peninsular India will experience such rain activities,” he explained.