Bengaluru Rains: Elderly Man, 12-Year-Old Boy Electrocuted Inside Flooded Apartment, Death Toll In Rain-Related Incidents Rises To 3

Bengaluru: Two more people lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Karnataka's capital, Bengaluru, on Monday. The two deaths were reported from the TM Layout. A 12-year-old boy and a 63-year-old man were reportedly while attempting to pump rainwater out of the apartment's basement using a motor.

The incident took place at Madhuvana Apartment located in N.S. Palya, 2nd Stage, BTM Layout. The two have been identified as Manohar Kamat (63) and Dinesh (12). Both were residents of Nepal.

After receiving the information, the Mico Layout police rushed to the spot and shifted the victims to St. John's Hospital.

"Kamath had brought a motor from outside and connected it to a power source to pump out water from the cellar. During this process, he suffered an electric shock due to a short circuit and died," said Sarah Fathima, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East Division as reported by India Today. The police officer further added that Dinesh, who was helping Kamat, also suffered an electric shock and died on the spot.

Visuals Of Waterlogging In Bengaluru:

The rains in Bengaluru area unprecedented and too high

No city in the world, except Mumbai, can handle > 100 mm rains in a night

Few international cities-

Melbourne with 80 mm of rains
Haifa with 105 mm of rains
New york with 120 mm of rains
Singapore with 100 mm of rains pic.twitter.com/9qJEUrFcUm

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Earlier on Monday, a woman succumbed to injuries after a wet compound wall suddenly collapsed on her in Whitefield. She has been identified as Shashikala, an employee of a private company.

The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain for Monday night (May 19) and May 20 as well. Authorities remain on high alert in the wake of the IMD's warning.

Yet another terrifying visual emerges from Bengaluru, where a simple overnight rain has magically transformed the city’s roads into gushing rivers. Truly remarkable! One might think we're witnessing the launch of a new "urban water safari" right in the heart of India’s so-called… pic.twitter.com/bcSBuP499x

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that a full-day city inspection would be carried out tomorrow, May 21, along with the Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Bengaluru MLAs, reported ANI. Shivakumar on Monday said that the BBMP has fixed 70 per cent of the 210 flood-prone areas identified in Bengaluru city, while work on the remaining 30 per cent areas is going on.

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