Over 45 trees uprooted as heavy rain lashes Bengaluru

With heavy rains, accompanied by strong wind, lashing Bengaluru, more than 45 trees were uprooted in Jayanagar area alone on Friday.

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Over 45 trees were uprooted in Jayanagar area of Karnataka’s Bengaluru on Friday after heavy rains, accompanied by strong wind, lashed the city. However, no loss of life or casualties have been reported so far.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) control rooms received only three complaints pertaining to water-logging, despite most of the city’s low-lying areas being inundated in flash floods. But it did receive complaints on trees being uprooted in areas such as Malleswaram, CV Raman Nagar, Subramanya Nagar, Mysore Road, among others.

On Friday evening, Bengaluru received rainfall of 20.75 mm, according to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Center (KSNDNC). Heavy rainfall of 71 mm was recorded at Byatarayanapura in Yelahanka zone, and Byatarayanapura, while rainfall of 64.50 mm was recorded at Herohalli in RR Nagar zone.

Bengaluru Rural recorded a total of 21.21 mm of rainfall.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department has predicted a cloudy sky on Saturday, with one or two spells of rain or thundershower in Bengaluru.