It’s raining 24/7! Bengaluru swamped

Met department issues Orange Alert for IT City with rains expected to continue over the next five days; Yellow Alert in coastal Karnataka districts

By Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: An orange alert signaling continuous heavy rains was issued for Bengaluru city on Thursday as the city witnessed non-stop rain since Thursday morning, which is expected to continue over the next five days. The India Meteorological Department predicted widespread rain across Karnataka for the next five days as well and issued a similar warning for the southern interior part of the state, and issued an yellow alert for some districts of coastal Karnataka and north-interior parts for the next 24 hours. Sadananda Adiga, meteorologist at IMD said Bengaluru received 3.6 mm of rain as of 1.30 pm on Thursday. He said, Kempegowda International Airport received 2.6 mm of rain and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Airport received 4 mm of rain.

CAR TOPPLES, 3 DIE
 
BENGALURU: In a freak accident, three people were reportedly killed when a car hit a divider and then toppled on to the other side and fell on another car coming from the opposite direction on the International Airport Road in Chikkajala traffic police station limits on Thursday evening. The accident happened on the flyover at Betta Halasuru cross. Police said the driver of the car heading towards the airport failed to see the median due to poor visibility caused by heavy rains and rammed into it. Those who died were reportedly in the second car. Two people in the first car sustained critical injuries and were shifted to a nearby hospital. The police were initially unable to extricate the bodies from the second car, as it got completely crushed under the impact. The car was towed away to clear the traffic pile-up.
 
Schools Shut
 
1. R. Vishal, Commissioner, Department of Public Instruction, Bengaluru  has authorised  Deputy Directors of  the department in all  districts to take a call  on declaring a holiday for schools from first  to tenth standard after considering the rain  situation. Holidays should be compensated by taking extra classes.
2. Schools in Bengaluru city – and across the state - will remain closed on Friday because of heavy rains. This will extend through the weekend to include Monday, which is a holiday to mark Kanakadasa Jayanti.
3. Chief Minister Bommai will hold a video conference with district deputy commissioners’ and chief executive officers(CEOs) of all districts on Friday at 1 pm, to take stock of the situation.