{"id":4376,"date":"2023-06-13T06:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T05:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/street-turns-into-river-as-heavy-rain-hits-bengaluru\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T06:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T05:36:12","slug":"street-turns-into-river-as-heavy-rain-hits-bengaluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=4376","title":{"rendered":"Street Turns Into River As Heavy Rain Hits Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/ev8bu01s_bengaluru-rain-1200_625x300_12_June_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Watch: Street Turns Into River As Heavy Rain Hits Bengaluru\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Watch: Street Turns Into River As Heavy Rain Hits Bengaluru\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Watch: Street Turns Into River As Heavy Rain Hits Bengaluru\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/ev8bu01s_bengaluru-rain-1200_625x300_12_June_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-12T23:58:25+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=705326&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/BengaluruRain_100601_41948_2500.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T0M41S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/ev8bu01s_bengaluru-rain-1200_625x300_12_June_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=705326&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Bengaluru rain: The inundated roads<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Bengaluru: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain in Bengaluru led to severe flooding, once again spotlighting the crumbling infrastructure in the Karnataka capital with streets turning into rivers.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Varthur, situated in the eastern periphery of Bangalore and part of the internationally famous Whitefield township, recorded 60 mm of rain.<\/p>\n<p>Several storm water drains overflowed and inundated the nearby areas. Apart from the Bellandur lake, Hallenayakanahalli, Varthur lakes also overflowed. The inundation impacted the Outer Ring Road majorly. It connects the city to tech parks located on the city&#8217;s outskirts.<\/p>\n<p>In view of flooding, the city civic body has taken up upgradation of 195 km of storm water drains. Of the 859.9km of storm water drains, 491 km was upgraded.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a 22-year-old woman died after her car got submerged in a flooded underpass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/watch-street-turns-into-river-as-heavy-rain-hits-bengaluru-4116055\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bengaluru rain: The inundated roads Bengaluru: Heavy rain in Bengaluru led to severe flooding, once again spotlighting the crumbling infrastructure in the Karnataka capital with streets turning into rivers.\u00a0 \u00a0 Varthur, situated in the eastern periphery of Bangalore and part of the internationally famous Whitefield township, recorded 60 mm of rain. 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