Around 60 trees were uprooted due to the rains that lashed Bangalore city

Around 60 trees were uprooted due to heavy rains accompanied by thundershowers, hailstorms and strong winds in Bangalore city on Wednesday evening.According to the weatherman, around 17.7 mm of rainfall was recorded on Wednesday.Places like BTM Layout, JP Nagar, Jayanagar, Rajajinagar, Malleshwaram and Magadi Road reported one or two trees fall incidents.

The maximum number of uprooted trees were reported from Vijaynagar. According to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike officials, 40 trees fell in the area.The BBMP has declared a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for the family of Shankar R, who was killed on Monday night at ISRO Layout, when a tree fell on him.A private bus was damaged on Magadi Road when a tree fell on it. A BSNL tower too was damaged by strong winds. In Rajajinagar Block 3, a scooter was damaged but no injury to human life was reported.Vehicles were also damaged at several places, but no incidents of human injury were reported.

B Puttanna, director, Met dept said the amount of rain received this month was above normal. He said in April, around 46.3 mm of rain is normal for the whole month. “We have already surpassed that and there are still 10 days left,” he said.He said the city will continue to receive rains for the next two days.Traffic jams and waterlogging were reported from across the city.

Reference:
http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/bangalore-counts-damage/167364.html

BTM Layout haven’t had a single drop of water for a week

The water supply from the Cauvery IV stage I phase was completely affected by Wednesday evening as a portion of the canal in Handihalla Syphon breached. The problem was sorted out and breach was fixed on friday.While some parts of an area got a small dribble of water on Monday, others were completely dry.Many areas in BTM Layout and Tavarakere haven’t had a single drop of water for a week. Some blocks of Jayanagar too didn’t receive the regular supply.





The BWSSB was forced to ration the supply, given the depleting reserves. “We had water every day till the elections. Now, it’s over a week that we haven’t got water. The corporator in this area is getting water. Why not us?” asked K Peter, a resident of Indiranagar. “I called up a tanker service. He asked for Rs 2,500 for 7,000 litres — almost double the usual charge. It was too expensive for me,” said homemaker Meera.“The water was muddy and not potable. I don’t know why they even bothered to give that. The pressure was low. We got only 700 litres instead of the usual 1,400 litres,” said Anil Kumar of Ejipura.

“There are 6 lakh BWWSB consumers. Almost 5 lakh houses got water supply by Monday afternoon, either by tankers or through pipes. But, it’ll take a week before we return to the normal schedule,” said T Venkataraju, chief engineer, BWSSB.

Source: http://sarjapur-road.com/bangalore-taps-have-been-dry-for-a-week