Sleepless and exhausted, Bengaluru residents ask where are the solutions? 

‘During the monsoon, the BBMP officials and politicians make spot visits and give assurances, but throughout the year, they stay only as assurances and nothing gets implemented’

The downpour on Tuesday night brought misery to many low-lying areas in the city as roads were severely inundated and many houses were flooded with water up to 3 feet high.

Among the worst-affected places were Mysuru Road and surrounding areas such as Nayandahalli, Rajarajeshwarinagar, and Hosakerehalli. At some of these places, water had not completely receded even by Wednesday afternoon. 

As water entered houses in low-lying areas, residents had to struggle even for basic things, like food and water, on Tuesday night. While they could not cook at home, even food-delivery apps stopped taking orders once the rainfall intensified.

“We could not even use the washrooms as sewage came through the drains,” a resident from near Lalbagh said.

The continuous rain also meant long power cuts, which left people with no charge in their phones to coordinate for water clearance and other problems in many areas. 

Residents and small business owners in low-lying areas in Ideal Homes, BHEL Layout, and Gokula Layout were spending their morning hours emptying water out of their buildings.

The Twilight Tandoor restaurant in BHEL Layout had to close down at 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday as up to 2 feet of water entered, the employees said. “From the morning, we have been clearing this rainwater. If it rains again, we do not know what to do,” a housekeeping staff said on Wednesday.