Bengaluru: Two workers involved in pipeline work died amid the ongoing thunderstorms havoc in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The incident happened while the 5th phase of the Cauvery waterworks was going on near the bus station of Upper Nagar in the range of Jnanabharati police station. The deceased have been identified as Bihar-based Dev Bath and Uttar Pradesh's Ankit Kumar.
The deceased were found dead on the spot, unable to breathe after water filled in the pipes, while a third worker escaped from death. The police have arrested two contractors and are conducting inquiries into the matter.
Thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rain lashed Bengaluru on Tuesday causing water logging in many parts of the city. The Metro on Green Line at Mantri Mall Station had to be stopped due to power failure caused by the thunderstorms before services were restored.
The trains also stopped for about 15 minutes. JP Nagar, Jayanagar, Lalbagh, Chickpet, Majestic, Malleswaram, Rajajinagar, Yeshwantpur, MG Road, Cubbon Park, Vijayanagar, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Kengeri, Magadi Road, and Mysore Road, among other areas, were affected by heavy rain.
