Rain: 'Swimming pools' dot City

Rain: 'Swimming pools' dot City
DH News Service, Bangalore:
Vehicle movement was slow and pedestrians had to wade through knee-deep water on Infantry Road, Kamaraj Road junction, Mahatma Gandhi statue Junction, Sankey Road near Windsor Manor Hotel, Vittal Mallya Road, M G Road-Brigade Road junction, Old Madras Road, Residency Road and other areas on the peripheries of the City.


Several busy roads turned into virtual swimming pools on Sunday due to water-logging, after heavy rain, coupled with thunderstorms, again pounded Bangalore.
Vehicle movement was slow and pedestrians had to wade through knee-deep water on Infantry Road, Kamaraj Road junction, Mahatma Gandhi statue Junction, Sankey Road near Windsor Manor Hotel, Vittal Mallya Road, M G Road-Brigade Road junction, Old Madras Road, Residency Road and other areas on the peripheries of the City.
However, there was no major incident or traffic jam as it was a holiday. The City received 9.2 mm rain and the airport 1.6 mm rainfall up to 8.30 pm, according to the Met Department.
As the flow of rainwater was blocked at the entry of drain (due to clogging of the drain), there was heavy water-logging in these places.

Drains blocked
In some places, the chambers from where rainwater enters the drains were blocked with stones. Water-logging was also due to substandard desilting work done recently.
However, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner K Jairaj claimed there were no untoward incidents. “The excellent work done by the BBMP has yielded results,” he said.
Surprisingly, there was also no major incident of flooding anywhere in the City, except for one or two places like Jayanagar 8th Block and near the Kamakya BMTC Depot, according to Mr Jairaj, who personally monitored the situation in the City during rain sitting at the BBMP main control room.

Trees uprooted
If the BBMP is to be believed, it is for the first time in recent times that there was no flooding in the City, despite heavy rains.
As many as three trees were uprooted in Banashankari III Stage, St Mark’s Road and Primrose Road.