Fengal effect: Rain batters Bengaluru, expect more

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru

India Meteorological Department (IMD) disclosed Bengaluru city received 3.8 mm of rain as a result of the Cyclonic Storm Fengal making landfall near Puducherry early on Sunday. The weather department has also forecast “heavy rain” for the state’s capital for Monday and Tuesday. Bengaluru Urban and Rural, besides Ramanagar, Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts witnessed showers, they added. The Bangalore International Airport (BIA) in Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district received 2.2 mm of rain and the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) locality witnessed 7 mm of showers, IMD said.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) reported a limited effect on the city as uninterrupted “moderate rain” caused vehicular traffic to slow down. However, the civic body said that a branch of a tree had fallen in Jayanagar ninth block nearJayadeva Hospital. Forest officials attended to the said complaint and cleared the branch, BBMP said. Moreover, underpasses such as the one in Okalipuram, was waterlogged. The underpass, which connects the Okalipuram main road to the Majestic bus and railway stations, is said to be prone to waterlogging, even when the quantum of rainfall is not significant.