The torrential downpour caused waterlogging in many parts of the rain-hit Bengaluru city. Roads and streets in Silicon Valley are flooded, tractors plowed through flooded areas, people being transported, vehicles submerged and it rained overnight.
several IT workers in Bangalore Tractors are used to go to work due to waterlogging in the city. On 5 September, a large number of field workers for IT businesses commuted by tractor. “We can’t take so many leaves from office, our work is getting affected. We are waiting for tractors to drop us 50,” a woman working in an IT firm told ANI.
Now, Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal has also shared a video of him pulling his family and pet out of the tractor after his house was submerged in water. He further asked people to take care and contact them if they need any kind of help.
Sharing a video on Twitter, he wrote, “Family and my pet Albus have been pulled out of our society on a tractor that is now submerged. Things are bad. Please take care. DM me if you need any help I’ll do my best to help.”
Commenting on his tweet, users wrote, ‘Yeh crazy! Take care brother.” Another commented, “Munjal sir if this is your condition then what will happen to the general public, please take your headquarter to Jaipur.” Another user wrote, “Never thought that almighty tractor (usually an unwanted sight in metro) will take over a metropolis like Bangalore.” “Despite our privilege, the broken infra of our cities is a great level,” said some others.
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Not only were roads, streets buried under water, but expensive top-end cars and vehicles lying under water were a common sight, even in areas with luxury villas.
A girl dressed in school uniform said, “I came by tractor because the roads are submerged in water, our vehicles are also in water… I have my exam from tomorrow, so I have to go to school.”
“The water hasn’t subsided, because it rained once again last night (Monday), in fact I think it has increased. I have to go to the office, the kids have school, and I used a tractor today somehow Request the government and the authorities to do something and restore normalcy,” said an office-goer.
Many private schools have declared holidays and switched to online teaching for a few days, while many offices have suggested that employees work from home. Most parts of Outer Ring Road, Sarjapur Road, where some IT firms are located, are like lakes, affecting vehicular movement.
Pedestrians pushing their two-wheelers stranded on flooded roads and struggling to get into knee-deep water were a common sight at some places.
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According to Chief Minister Bommai, some areas of the state capital have received 150 per cent more rainfall than normal between September 1 and September 5. Mahadevapura, Bommanahalli and KR Puram have received 307 per cent more rainfall.
“It was the highest rainfall in the last 42 years. All 164 tanks in Bengaluru have been filled,” he said. He also made a ‘mistake’‘misadministration’ Previous Congress governments accounted for the current situation in the city, which is known as India’s IT hub, and insisted that only two areas bore the brunt of the rains, although a picture was being painted as to the whole of Bengaluru. was struggling. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) – Met Center BangaloreHeavy rain, thunder and lightning are predicted in Bengaluru urban district till September 9.
Meanwhile, a 23-year-old girl named Akhila reportedly died after it came in contact with an electric pole as her scooty fell on a submerged road under Whitefield PS in Bengaluru, news agency ANI was reported. .
(with inputs from agencies)
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