While North India faces extreme heat and scorching sun, Bengaluru is drenched in torrential rain. Clogged roads and flooded residences, Bengaluru experienced over 40mm rain withing 24 hours. Bringing the city to a complete standstill, netizens have been outraging on social media. A Bengaluru resident took to X and shared how the “Brand Bengaluru” is “where urban planning is optional and accountability is extinct.” Furthermore, a casualty has been reported after a compound wall collapsed on the woman in Mahadevapura.

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Known as the “Silicon Valley of India”, the tech-parks and business hubs of Bengaluru came to a complete halt. “Roads have vanished under murky water, vehicles are submerged, and entire stretches look like disaster zones.
Severe waterlogging in HSR Layout has brought life to a standstill,” a user shared their “Ground Zero” report on X. Expressing their extreme dissatisfaction with the “rain-ready” infrastructure, the user said that, “HSR Layout has become HSR Lake.”

All the resident asks for is a functioning drain, a basic necessity for a city that “flaunts it global tech hub tag”. With buying power to afford a Rs 3 crore vehicle while working in a billion dollar IT campus, after a “single downpour” the city comes to a complete halt.

Political motivators

PC Mohan, the BJP MP also shared his view on the Bengaluru rains of a car completely stuck between a waterlogged road. He wrote addressing the Government of Karnataka, “They can’t clear waterlogged roads or fallen trees after a single downpour, but they want to dig tunnels costing Rs 48,000 crore to “solve” Bengaluru’s traffic? Maybe the tunnel’s real purpose is to serve as a water reservoir.”

“No clue how to build drainage system” Dilip Kumar questions accountability

Dilip Kumar, an investor with stakes in Zerodha gave his opinion on the same. A city known for startups, tech-parks and hustle-hubs, Bengaluru is “too busy building unicorns to notice the roads turning into rivers.” Asking for accountability and actions from authorities, all the residents demand is an improvement in infrastructure and a dynamic approach to development.

As of now, a travel advisory has been issued and Bengaluru is under a yellow-alert. With heavy traffic and clogged roads, the residents are facing extremely mobile difficulty. The BBMP is on the job to tackle the rain crisis.