Weekends usually record heavy traffic between Bengaluru – Mysuru and heavy rains are expected to snarl the traffic for a few more days. According to the Indian Meteorological Département (IMD), Bengaluru Urban district is expected till October 19 in the city. Karnataka Heavy Rainfall: IMD issued alert for these district.
As the monsoon is yet to recede fully, parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Goa and Kerala are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall alert in the next few days. The Indian Meteorological Department is predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra, Goa, and Kerala on October 16.
The weather forecaster also said that besides these states, Indian Meteorological Département said that Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Telangana are likely to see thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places today. Following heavy rain in Karnataka’s Mandya, water of overflowing Budanur lake has entered residential area and flooded Bengaluru-Mysuru road.
Karnataka Minister and Mandya district in-charge minister, K Gopalaiah has visited the rain-affected area in Budanur, Beedi Colony, Vivekananda layout, and Kereyangal. Bengaluru city received showers on Saturday. With this, the city has received 170.6 centimetres of rainfall this year, the highest since records began.
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Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said unseasonal rains have damaged crops and the government is waiting for inputs from states to assess the extent of damage. The Southwest Monsoon has withdrawn from Bihar, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, some parts of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.
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