9 killed in city; seven unnecessary in Bowring Medical institution wall collapse, two folk electrocuted in separate incidents
Up to this level – April 30, 2026 11:04 am IST
Rain lashed Bengaluru on Wednesday (April 29, 2026).
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Sudhakara Jain
The heavy rain that battered Bengaluru on Wednesday (April 29, 2026) evening claimed nine lives in three separate incidents.
Seven folk were killed and seven others were injured after a a part of the compound wall of Bowring and Girl Curzon Medical institution collapsed for the length of heavy rain within town’s Shivajinagar draw on Wednesday. Thousands of commuters were stranded on roads, stuck in online page visitors, or struggling to search out a manner relief home for the length of top hours.
Be taught: Commuters stranded as hundreds battle to search out a manner relief home
Factual a small while of very heavy rain left most arterial roads within town flooded. On many roads, there used to be knee-deep water that prompted now not most efficient slack-shifting online page visitors, but also prompted quite so a lot of vehicles to collapse, extra in conjunction with to the chaos.
In step with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) tell recordsdata, the Bengaluru city space recorded 111 mm rain till 8.30 p.m. while the theKempegowda World Airport (KIA) recorded hint rainfall, and the HAL airport got 24.7 mm till 5.30 p.m.
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April 30, 2026 11:04
Impact of rains in Bengaluru
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April 30, 2026 10:37
KR Circle Underpass submerged as soon as more, 3 Years after fatal flooding
The corrupt KR Circle underpass, which claimed the lifetime of a 23-three hundred and sixty five days-archaic techie from Andhra Pradesh three years within the past, used to be as soon as as soon as more submerged following heavy rains on Wednesday, raising serious considerations over civic inactiveness.
Despite police barricading and blocking off entry and exit capabilities, officers from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike are yet to provoke speedy remedial measures and are reportedly awaiting the water to depart.
In step with a police officer on the realm, the gathered water can’t be pumped out as there is no factual outlet, and doing so may possibly possibly possibly flood adjoining roads.
The flooding severely disrupted online page visitors spherical KR Circle, positioned conclude to Vidhana Soudha, with congestion persisting even on Thursday morning.
Officers recalled that the then BBMP had undertaken desilting work within the underpass after the earlier tragedy to facilitate drainage. On the different hand, the most up-to-date flooding has as soon as as soon as more exposed the inefficacy of these measures, with small enchancment on the floor.
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April 30, 2026 10:21
Rains uproot 226 bushes across city
Heavy rain and hail on Wednesday evening uprooted as many as 226 bushes across Bengaluru, with the GBA yet to sprint 92 of them from diversified parts of town as of 9:15 a.m.
April 30, 2026 10:20
Heavy rains pound Bengaluru on Wednesday
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April 30, 2026 10:01
Rain and hailstorm pound Bengaluru’s Central Trade District as city records 111 mm, contemporary chronicle for April
Rain and hailstorm pound Bengaluru’s Central Trade District as city records 111 mm, contemporary chronicle for April
Bengaluru experiences its heaviest April rainfall in a decade, with 78 mm recorded for the length of a stormy downpour.
Printed – April 30, 2026 10:18 am IST
