Bengaluru was lashed with 111 mm rainfall on June 2 (Sunday) which broke the 133-year record for the highest ever rainfall in a single day in the month of June, according to the Met department. N Puviarasan, a scientist at India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, said that June 2 witnessed the highest single day rainfall in June in 133 years. The rainfall on June 1 and 2 alone – 140.7 mm – surpassed the monthly average for June, he said.
The severe rain had brought Bengaluru to a standstill at several places, mainly in Jayanagar from where residents posted pictures of fallen trees on social media.
A tree was also uprooted by heavy rains and fell on the Metro track near Trinity Metro station causing inconvenience to commuters Sunday night. Besides fallen trees, inundated streets caused inconvenience to people.
Yellow alert for some districts
According to C S Patil, head of IMD Centre, Bengaluru, the southwest monsoon has further advanced over Karnataka and a yellow alert has been issued for some districts till June 5.
"Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada in coastal Karnataka, Bagalkote, Belgavi, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Koppal and Vijayapura in north interior Karnataka and Ballari, Bengaluru (rural and urban), Chikkaballapura, Davangere, Chitradurga, Hassan, Mysuru, Tumakuru in south interior Karnataka are likely to get heavy rainfall in the next two days," he added.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said he would visit the rain-affected areas soon to conduct inspections.
"We will hold a meeting of officials after the Legislative Council polls and resolve rain-related issues," he said while briefing reporters at the Vidhana Soudha.
(With PTI inputs)
