Flooded homes, uprooted trees, marathon power cuts and dinghies ferrying people around: Bengaluru awoke to chaos as the city recorded its highest rain in a 24-hour span since 1890. Angry residents say the BBMP could have reinforced stormwater drains before the onset of the monsoon, for the situation is likely to worsen with more rain predicted over the next 48 hours. Bengalureans woke up to a ravaged city on Independence Day as Monday night’s torrential rain left a huge trail of destruction with several roads flooded, trees uprooted and electric poles broken, cutting off power supply to many areas. With at least a 100 houses flooded and people stranded in...
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