Elderly Man, 12-Year-Old Electrocuted Inside Flooded Basement In Bengaluru

Bengaluru:

An aged man and a minor died of electrical shock inside an inundated basement in an condominium advanced in Bengaluru. The tragic incident capped a wet day in Bengaluru that crippled town on Monday.

Manmohan Kamath, 63, was utilizing an exterior motor to empty water from the cellar when he received electrocuted resulting from a brief circuit. Dinesh (12), who was standing contained in the flooded basement, was additionally electrocuted.

The incident occurred round 6.15 pm at Madhuvan Flats in BTM 2nd Stage.

Town obtained about 104 mm of rainfall within the final 24 hours, flooding many low-lying areas and resulting in visitors pile-ups. The grim scene within the metropolis was not new, however one thing the IT capital witnesses yearly when it rains.

Visuals confirmed extreme waterlogging in a number of areas as town’s infrastructure struggled to deal with heavy rainfall. In one other rain-related incident, a 35-year-old lady was killed in a wall collapse.

The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for a number of areas throughout Karnataka, together with Bengaluru. Extra rain is anticipated within the subsequent two days, mentioned the climate workplace, because the authorities have begun work to mitigate the impression of the waterlogging.

Karnataka House Minister G Parameshwara on Monday asserted that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has been changed by the Better Bengaluru Authority (GBA), was making efforts to sort out the extreme waterlogging affecting a number of areas of town, which noticed heavy rainfall.

He additionally mentioned the precise downside was the deposition of leaves, paper, and different litter on the street in a single place, which led to clogging.