The silicon valley is underwater. It is worst than the Hyderabad floods situation.Bengaloreans, brace yourself to witness more rainfall as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the worst is not over for the country’s IT capital yet.
While flood waters receded in some parts of Bengaluru, the weather department has predicted heavy rainfall over south interior Karnataka, including the city, for the next two days.
In its latest bulletin, the IMD forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall over a few places in coastal and south interior Karnataka on September 8-9 and interior Karnataka on September 9-10. Stay tuned to India.com for all the latest updates on the Bengaluru rains.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said his government will seek special grants from the Union government as compensation for the damages caused in rain-battered Bengaluru.
Revenue Minister R Ashoka last week said the government has estimated rain-related losses since June to the tune of Rs 7,647.13 crore, and will be sending a proposal to the Centre seeking a relief of Rs 1,012.5 crore as per National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) norms.
