<p>The city was inundated, recording a whopping 83.6 mm of rainfall in the city and 48.3 mm near the Airport area. <br /><br />Despite many offices declaring a holiday on account of Good Friday, practically every major and arterial road in the city reported gridlock. Several houses and basements were also flooded.<br /><br />The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike said 15 trees were uprooted, some of them falling across roads and disrupting traffic.<br /><br />Flooding was reported from several places, including Indiranagar, Gali Anjaneya Temple, Okalipuram Junction, Shanthala Junction, Mekhri Circle, Domlur, Viveknagar, Ulsoor, D J Halli, Shanthinagar, K H Road, Wilson Garden Kasturba Road, Nagawara, Garuda Mall, RPC Layout, City Market, Magadi Police Station, Nayandanahalli, Mysore Road, Thippasandra, Sarjapura Road and Basaveshwara Nagar. Many vehicles were stranded in waterlogged roads. <br /><br />A wall collapsed at Rajajinagar. No untoward incident was reported.<br /><br />Travelling by autorickshaws in the evening turned out to be a nightmare for commuters with drivers demanding exorbitant fares.<br /><br />However, the worst is not yet over. According to Meteorological Department Director Puttanna, the rain is expected to continue for two more days. <br /><br />Puttanna attributed the downpour to the low pressure at mean sea level with rain sweeping from Madhya Maharashtra to the Lakshadweep area across interior Karnataka.<br /> (North and South); an upper air trough from Telangana to Lakshadweep across interior Karnataka extending up to 3.6 km above the sea level; and an upper air cyclonic circulation over south interior Karnataka and adjoining Karnataka, which now extends up to 5.8 km above the sea level.<br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>The city was inundated, recording a whopping 83.6 mm of rainfall in the city and 48.3 mm near the Airport area. <br /><br />Despite many offices declaring a holiday on account of Good Friday, practically every major and arterial road in the city reported gridlock. Several houses and basements were also flooded.<br /><br />The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike said 15 trees were uprooted, some of them falling across roads and disrupting traffic.<br /><br />Flooding was reported from several places, including Indiranagar, Gali Anjaneya Temple, Okalipuram Junction, Shanthala Junction, Mekhri Circle, Domlur, Viveknagar, Ulsoor, D J Halli, Shanthinagar, K H Road, Wilson Garden Kasturba Road, Nagawara, Garuda Mall, RPC Layout, City Market, Magadi Police Station, Nayandanahalli, Mysore Road, Thippasandra, Sarjapura Road and Basaveshwara Nagar. Many vehicles were stranded in waterlogged roads. <br /><br />A wall collapsed at Rajajinagar. No untoward incident was reported.<br /><br />Travelling by autorickshaws in the evening turned out to be a nightmare for commuters with drivers demanding exorbitant fares.<br /><br />However, the worst is not yet over. According to Meteorological Department Director Puttanna, the rain is expected to continue for two more days. <br /><br />Puttanna attributed the downpour to the low pressure at mean sea level with rain sweeping from Madhya Maharashtra to the Lakshadweep area across interior Karnataka.<br /> (North and South); an upper air trough from Telangana to Lakshadweep across interior Karnataka extending up to 3.6 km above the sea level; and an upper air cyclonic circulation over south interior Karnataka and adjoining Karnataka, which now extends up to 5.8 km above the sea level.<br /><br /><br /></p>
