An 86 year old resident died of a heart attack at his flooded house in Rainbow Drive Layout on Sarjapura Road on Tuesday after his family could not shift him to hospital immediately since the entire area was flooded following heavy rain.
After heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday, Rainbow Drive Layout was flooded after a drain overflowed again, according to the residents. This is the third time the residential layout was flooded since May this year.
The victim, identified as Srinivasan Ramarao living in the Rainbow Drive layout with his family, on Tuesday suffered heart attack at his residence. As there was water everywhere, he had to be ferried in an inflatable boat till the main gate of the layout. But, the doctor at the hospital declared him brought dead, said residents.
