<p>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.</p><p>But what truly flooded the city was frustration which netizens poured out online.</p><p>“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.”</p>.Rain fury: Bengaluru sinks again.<p>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.”</p>.<p>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?” </p><p>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.”</p>.<p>The India Meteorological Department confirmed this was the third major spell this month. Experts blame shrinking lakes, poor urban planning, and unchecked construction.</p><p>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?”</p>
<p>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.</p><p>But what truly flooded the city was frustration which netizens poured out online.</p><p>“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.”</p>.Rain fury: Bengaluru sinks again.<p>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.”</p>.<p>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?” </p><p>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.”</p>.<p>The India Meteorological Department confirmed this was the third major spell this month. Experts blame shrinking lakes, poor urban planning, and unchecked construction.</p><p>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?”</p>
