Rain brings down city temperature

The city experienced moderate rainfall and there was a fall in temperature by Sunday evening. Bangalore recorded 16.2 mm of rainfall in the city and about 20 mm of rainfall around the old airport. The rainfall is expected to continue for the next three days not only in the city, but also in the entire State.
Met Department Director A Muthuchami told Deccan Herald that the rain is due to the trough of low pressure in the south-west Bay of Bengal.
“We can expect more rainfall in the coming days all over Karnataka. Some places in South Karnataka will receive more than 7 cms of rainfall, while coastal Karnataka will receive heavy rainfall,” he said.

More rains expected

North Karnataka is also expected to get a sizeable amount of rainfall. The city itself, meanwhile, will also have slightly lowered temperatures, thanks to the sustained rain.
Low vehicular traffic
The Traffic Department declared that no traffic was affected due to the rain. Even though, rainfall started in the afternoon, traffic jams were avoided due to the low vehicular movement as it was a Sunday. However, BBMP reported a tree fall in Mahalaxmi Layout which damaged a car. There were reports of tree falls from West of Chord Road, Moore Road in Frazer Town and Cox Town.
Two tree falls were reported from  Vidyaranyapura, while K R Puram reported a tree fall right off the K R Puram police station. In Basavanagudi, a tree fall was reported in front of Bharathi Nursing Home. Two cars which were parked near by sustained damage. No injuries were reported.