Bengaluru: Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm battered Bengaluru on Sunday evening leading to severe traffic congestion in many parts of the city. Even metro rail services were temporarily suspended after tree branches fell on the viaduct track between MG Road and Trinity stations.
With the onset of monsoons yesterday, Meteorological department has sounded yellow alert for 14 districts of Karnataka including Dakshina Kannada, Bagalkote, Koppal, Raichur, Vijayapura, Yadagiri, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru City, Chikkaballapura, Chitradurga, Hassan, Mandya, Mysuru and Tumakuru.
Traffic came to a standstill due to waterlogging in Sheshadripuram, Shivananda Circle, Vijayanagar, Shivajinagar, Malleswaram, Vasantnagar, Shantinagar, Jayanagar, Yeshavantpur, Rajajinagar, Koramangala, MG Road, Kabban Park, Banashankari, Kumaraswamy Layout, Elachenahalli, Uttarahalli and Padmanabhanagar.
On the road connecting MMT Junction and KR Pura from the Kasthuri Nagar side of Bengaluru, rainwater flooded the MMT bus stand causing problems for the motorists heading towards Whitefield and Mahadevapur. Also, similar problems were witnessed by motorists going to Ramamurthy Nagar due to waterlogging between Kasthuri Nagar and Jayamahal Main Road.
With the metro train service between MG Road and Indira Nagar being suspended for a few hours, services were operated only between Indiranagar and Whitefield and that from Challaghatta to MG Road metro stations on Purple Line, Namma Metro Public Relations Officer Shrivas Rajagopalan said.
