Bengaluru braces for more rains as 9 lakes overflow

BENGALURU: Heavy rain through Sunday night across Bengaluru sent nine lakes overflowing, flooding houses and apartment basements in their neighbourhood. The rain was most intense in southwestern parts of the city.

Hulimavu lake, Gottigere lake, Subbarayanakere, Kalena Agrahara lake, Basavanapura lake, Dorekere, Gubbalala lake, Vasanthapura lake and Doddakallasandra lake overflowed. Storm water drains leading to and from these water bodies were in spate.

Several apartment basements off Bannerghatta Road and scores of houses in Kodichikkanahalli in Hulimvavu were flooded, sending cars and two-wheelers floating. Traffic jams were the order of the day for most of the morning hours, especially on Mysuru Road and Silk Board junction.

Though the waters receded and fire brigade and civic workers pumped out water from houses, rain returned on Monday night, raising fears of nightmare. The basement of Kumbha Lakeshore Apartment in Kodichikkanahalli, where waters receded in the afternoon, was flooded in the night, a resident said.

A Mysuru-bound car plunged into a storm water drain in Nayandahalli, Mysuru Road, past 10 pm. Its occupants got out just in time.