Flooded homes, choked toilets ruin residents' holiday

Residents of Indiranagar on Tuesday woke up to flooded roads and parking lots accompanied by power outages and tree falls.

Heavy downpour in the early hours of Tuesday brought life to a standstill. People could not step outside their houses as their houses were flooded. Many cars parked near the houses were also submerged. Residents complained of flooding of drains, which led to filthy water entering their homes.

“We really struggled to clear water from our house. Water entered even the wardrobe and the furniture is also damaged,” said Gayathri Pai, resident of HAL 2nd Stage. She added that they expect such situations every year when there is a downpour, but this scale of damage was unexpected.

The roads and alleys leading to houses had dead rats and garbage from drains. Residents complained that drains were only dug up the previous day for cleaning.

“Dirt that was dug up from drains the previous day entered our house with the water. The authority starts cleaning all the drains just a week before the rains. This has led to trouble this time,” said Shreyas Shastri, a resident of Indiranagar.

Residents of Indiranagar 1st Stage, 2nd Stage and various other low-lying parts said they were unable to use the toilets as water from the drains entered their houses through the toilets.

There were power cuts in various parts of HAL 2nd Stage with power lines snapped by fallen trees.

“We woke up hearing a big sound. A huge tree had fallen on the wires. There was no power for about four hours,” said S M Kale, resident of HAL 2nd Stage. Another resident who did not wished to be named said he had to cancel his vacation due to the havoc.