Bringing relief from the summer heat, rain lashed several parts of the city on Wednesday evening, resulting in uprooting of trees at 23 locations.
Trees fell on the road blocking traffic at various locations such as Ramachandra Agrahara’s petrol bunk near the TR Mill, JP Nagar 2nd Stage, 7th Cross, opposite the Police Station, Chamarajapet 4th Main Road, 9th Cross, Kasturba Road (Vittal Mallya Road) and others.
Meanwhile, Chief Commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Gaurav Gupta convened an emergency virtual meeting of officials and directed them to address grievances of the public. In a press release, the BBMP has stated that the city is likely to receive rain for the next three days. The Commissioner has warned of taking action against officials who fail to respond to grievances of the public related to stagnated rain water, clearing trees fallen on the road, etc.
