Heavy rain continued to lash Bengaluru on August 29, leading to heavy traffic snarls in various parts of the city during peak hours. For the second time in less than a week, the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway was flooded on Monday disrupting vehicle movement in Ramanagar, even up to Channapatna. Vehicles are being diverted to alternative roads by local authorities.
Parts of Ramanagara were so severely inundated that passengers on a bus had to be rescued after the vehicle got submerged in the water that had flooded an underpass. Former Karnataka Chief Minister and local MLA H D Kumaraswamy visited the inundated Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in Ramanagar to review the situation.
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) in a statement said that Bengaluru-Mysuru buses were diverted via Harohalli-Kanakapura-Halagur-Malavalli-Mysuru due to heavy rains in Ramanagara, Channapatna and Mandya.
