India’s Bengaluru witnessed a sudden downpour of 130mm rain in just 12 hours on Monday, leaving three dead and hundreds of homes swamped.
Manmohan Kamath, 63, along with Dinesh, 12, son of a security guard, were fatally electrocuted while trying to pump out water from a flooded basement at Madhuvana Apartment in BTM 2nd Stage.
Local police stated that “Kamath, who stayed on the first floor, procured a motor to pump out the water. Around the same time, guard Bharath’s son Dinesh came out to assist Kamath. When the motor was plugged in, both were electrocuted. Other residents rushed them to hospital, but it was too late.”
Dinesh had recently moved to Bengaluru from Nepal with his parents just three months ago.
The third death occurred at Whitefield, where a building wall collapsed, resulting in the loss of 32-year-old housekeeper, Shashikala D.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for several areas in Karnataka, including Bengaluru, as meteorological reports have predicted more rain for the next two days.
Authorities are currently working on mitigating the impact of the waterlogging.
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