Bengaluru rain turns roads to rivers & brings traffic at standstill - boats to the rescue. Visuals

Water gushing inside buses, submerged cars, boats on the roads and traffic at a standstill – Bengaluru has been struggling with heavy downpour amid crumbling infrastructure and rescue operations for the last couple of days.

Videos shared on social media show the severity of the situation, especially from low-lying areas such as Yelahanka.

NDRF personnel helped residents of Kendriya Vihar apartments in Yelahanka, once home to former President APJ Abdul Kalam, reach the main gate using boats. Fishing began on the roads, bizarre videos show.

Yelahanka received 157 mm of rain in just six hours from Tuesday midnight to Tuesday 6 am.

Boats on Bengaluru roads!#BengaluruRainsCredit: Unknown, ViaWeb pic.twitter.com/mSUllvR7gr
Pareekh Jain (@pareekhjain) October 22, 2024

As #Bengaluru grappled with heavy rains and severe waterlogging last night, this morning Bengaluru residents are seen enjoying fishing. This one is in Yelahanka's Allalasandra. #BengaluruFloods #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/FGKhYoEptA
Reethu Rajpurohit (@reethu_journo) October 22, 2024

Commuters, stuck for hours in traffic, said it was like they were wading through a river at snail’s pace.

YouTuber Ishan Sharma shared his experience wherein it took him 1.5 hours to cover a distance of 11 km. “Technology capital of India. Most ‘advanced’ city. Gets flooded with a couple of days of rain. I wonder where all the tax money is going?” he tweeted sharing pictures of flooded roads.

Another viral tweet shows a car wading through a flooded river.

I'm in a traffic jam in the middle of a frigging river. But hey, at least the signboards are in Kannada. pic.twitter.com/zhed55fQCF
Ritesh Banglani (@banglani) October 22, 2024

Another viral video shows water gushing into a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus at Junnasandra junction on Sarjapur Road.

Rain water entering into bmtc bus yesterday midnight at Junnasandra junction, opp Wipro Corporate Office, Sarjapur Road#bangalore #bengaluru #BangaloreRains #BengaluruRains #bmtc @BMTC_BENGALURU @blrcitytraffic @CPBlr @Jointcptraffic @alokkumar6994 @Lolita_TNIE @ChristinMP_ pic.twitter.com/A7pzkjflrN
Karnataka Portfolio (@karnatakaportf) October 23, 2024

The Manyata Tech Park, again, got inundated with rain water, a video on X shows. The tech park staff had worked out an alternative route to avoid congestion and water pumps were on to curb the waterlogging.

Situation at Manyata Tech park this evening after heavy downpour. @TOIBengaluru #Bengaluru #Karnataka #BengaluruRains #ManyataTechPark pic.twitter.com/jDy6wt8e6g
Niranjan Kaggere (@nkaggere) October 22, 2024

Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka DK Shivakumar, addressing the media, said that even he got caught in the rain and nature cannot be stopped. He also compared the situation to the recent unexpected floods in Dubai.

“Even Dubai faced flood situation, no one can stop nature…even I got caught in the rain…there was 2.5 ft high water near Nelamangala,” he was heard saying in Kannada.

Residents have been urging authorities to take stock of the situation, tagging ministers and government bodies.

#BengaluruRainsAll we need is a basic infrastructure, I hope with taxes of 30-40% being charged, it's not a sin to expect that @nsitharaman, @narendramodiI would request you to come to Bangalore City and experience the pain of no value for money #BBMP pic.twitter.com/qHlNzEoCJ7Sirish (@Thatzme0011) October 22, 2024

In the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Wednesday, Bengaluru has received 23.6 mm of rainfall and, according to the India Meteorological Department forecast, the city will witness a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain and thundershowers very likely and heavy rains at times.