Low lying areas in Thiruvananthapuram city were inundated following heavy rains that lashed the district for several hours on Saturday night. Though the rains ceased in the wee hours of Sunday, flood water took time to recede from some areas including in Mukkolakkal, Attakulangara, Kazhakuttam and Ulloor.
At Kadakampally Road near Anayara, over a hundred families faced difficulties for a good part of the day as storm water flooded the entire stretch. Local Residents attributed the situation to the widening of the Kazhakuttom-Karode National Highway bypass. They alleged that improper alignment of stormwater drains and disruption of natural watercourses had caused recurrent flooding in the neighbourhood.
According to a resident, several petitions to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, were of no avail. The heavy inundation caused by overnight rains almost cut the residential area from the rest of the capital city. At Ulloor, Kumarapuram too, flood water was slow to recede from some of the stretches.
