Bengaluru: Passengers Take Tractors To Reach Airport As The Roads Outside Remain Flooded Due To Heavy Rain
Following a heavy downpour, parts of Bengaluru airport were flooded. Passengers had to take the help of a tractor to commute between entry and exit points.
The heavy rainfall on Monday brought the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru to a standstill.
The roads leading to the airport were waterlogged due to heavy rainfall, making it difficult for the passengers to reach the airport. The airport received around 93mm of rain in just a few hours, flooding areas near the pick-up and drop points inside the airport premises.
Videos of Namma #Bengaluru Airport getting viral on WhatsApp. Roads are flooded with rain water.#BengaluruRains#Bangalore @NammaBengaluroo @unitedbengaluru @WeAreBangalore@CitizenKamran @bengaluru @bangalore @BangaloreBuzz @NammaKarnataka_ #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/C5RU09eriA
¡ª Syed Aftab Hussain ?? (@sajhm13) October 11, 2021
#WATCH | Karnataka: Heavy rainfall in Bengaluru causes waterlogging outside Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru. Passengers were seen being ferried on a tractor outside the airport.
¡ª ANI (@ANI) October 12, 2021
Visuals from last night. pic.twitter.com/ylHL6KrZof
Several taxis were stranded on the roads leading to the terminals as hundreds of passengers waited with luggage.
Passengers shared videos and clips on Twitter where they were forced to take a tractor to commute to the airport and catch their flights.
Heavy rain batters north Bengaluru. Airport road flooded. Arrival and departure areas are also flooded. Passengers take a tractor ride to catch the flight! A real hell. #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/Nmt4HQkfof
¡ª DP SATISH (@dp_satish) October 11, 2021
People on the internet were furious and amused by the lack of preparedness and planning on the part of the civic agencies once again.
how come airport is flooded this year, which has never happened in the past? Which illegal layout/construction is blocking the water flow?
¡ª Vikram Gowda (@VikramG69932204) October 11, 2021
Unplanned development and closing main Rajkauve in Bengaluru Bad Infrastucture and maintenance.
¡ª vithalrao (@vithalrao64) October 12, 2021
Are they aiming to be a number one city with this?
¡ª J (@Naa_Yaaru) October 11, 2021
Forget elevated corridors, tunnels or high speed rail link, we might as well have a grand canal to the airport soon at this rate.
¡ª ???? ??? ????? (@GutsGloryAbhi) October 11, 2021
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall likely to occur over Belgavi, Gadag, Dharwad and Haveri districts of north interior Karnataka and Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Kodagu, Hassan, Kolar, Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapura and Ramanagara districts of south interior Karnataka.
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