Heavy pours in Bengaluru create havoc on I day

Bengaluru: Overnight heavy rains lashed Bengaluru on the eve of Independence Day and created havoc this morning.

Several areas including Koramangala, HSR Layout, Shantinagar, Wilson Garden, K R Puram, Anugraha Layout, Ulsoor, Vivek Nagar, Murugesh Palya on Old Airport Road and Gurappana Palya on Bannerghatta Road, have been worst affected.

HAL Airport Observatory recorded 144 mm rainfall, which has been the highest in recent times and in at least over a decade. 

The rains were unexpected. Neither IMD nor Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Centre (KSNDMC) had predicted such rains on Monday. In fact KSNDMC had predicted very light rainfall for the city.