Bengaluru rains.
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Bengaluru: Just 12 hours of rain on Sunday night left India’s tech hub underwater. Over 130mm of rainfall flooded 500+ homes, claimed three lives, and brought traffic and public transport to a halt.
But what truly flooded the city was frustration which netizens poured out online.
“Just one rain and this is what Bangalore looks like,” posted @7teenarcher alongside photos of submerged streets. “We pay ₹7 lakh crore in taxes and have no drainage system. ”Even posh localities weren’t spared. “This apartment costs ₹3 crore,” tweeted @juveriyas, sharing a video of water pouring in from window sills. “The view? A waterfall in your living room.”
Metro stations like Kengeri resembled lakes, while residents waded through knee-deep water in several wards. “Bangalore rains are not a joke anymore,” wrote @saintrowdy. “It takes one rain to expose ₹48,000 crore worth of lies.”
Public anger extended to government plans. MP PC Mohan questioned the logic behind tunnel roads: “We can’t drain surface water. How will we drain tunnels?”
BJP’s Vijayendra Yediyurappa called it a “horror show” of civic failure. Tech entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw echoed the sentiment: “Fixing infra is a sore point with successive governments. Bengaluru citizens don’t deserve this.” User @CodeNameUchiha summed it up: “Even a cyclone doesn’t flood other cities like Bangalore floods with just rain.”
The India Meteorological Department confirmed this was the third major spell this month. Experts blame shrinking lakes, poor urban planning, and unchecked construction.
Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley, contributes nearly 40 per cent of Karnataka’s taxes — but on days like this, many ask: “Where’s the return on investment?”