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