Bengaluru: Dramatic visuals of have surfaced on social media with people sharing videos of flooded roads, underpasses and the trouble that commuters are facing in just one day of rain in the city. Several areas in North Bengaluru including the Manyata Tech Park were severely flooded causing kilometre-long queues of cars.Now, another visual has surfaced on social media in which the Balagere Panathur Road in the city is seen totally submerged in water with a massive quantity of water splashing and even pushing back the travellers. The road looks like a flooded river shocking residents, commuters and netizens as well.
Not only this, users have also shared the videos of Panathur railway bridge underpass which is also heavily flooded like many other underpasses. Some of the roads, and underpasses have been closed till the water receded, the Bengaluru traffic police said on Tuesday. An orange alert has been issued for the city and week-long rainfall has been predicted by the India Meteorology Department (IMD).Incessant rain since Monday night threw normal life out of gear in the IT-hub and more showers in the coming week are expected to lash Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said that National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force personnel have been deployed in the city amid a heavy rain forecast.READ MORE | "I have advised BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to be on high alert. We have already deployed about 60 NDRF/SDRF personnel in Bengaluru and redeploying another 40 to be on stand by for any necessity. We have put Fire and Emergency Services on stand by for immediate response," the Minister said in a social media post.He added the Fire and Emergency Services have also been placed on standby for immediate response. The Bengaluru District administration has declared a holiday for schools for tomorrow.Notably, Chennai and adjoining districts in Tamil Nadu have also been on the receiving end of heavy rain with IMD now sounding a red alert for the region predicting very heavy rain in the coming days.#WATCH| Dramatic scenes as Balagere Panathur Road turns into a river after heavy rains in Bengaluru.#Bengaluru #BengaluruRains #HeavyRainfall #Viral #ViralVideo pic.twitter.com/DlRCA8pgA7
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