Bengaluru Rain: Elderly man, 12-Year-Old Boy Electrocuted In Flooded Apartment

Bengaluru’s heaviest spell of rain this year claimed three lives in a single day.

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00:00As heavy rains lashed Bengaluru on May 19, dumping 130 mm of rain within 24 hours, an

00:05elderly man and a 12-year-old boy were electrocuted in a flooded apartment in the city's BTM layout,

00:11a grim reminder of the civic apathy plaguing India's IT capital.

00:15Around 6 p.m. on May 19, 63-year-old Manmohan Kamath, a resident of Madhuvan apartment near

00:20BTM's second stage, was using an external motorized pump to remove water from his home.

00:25Dinesh, 12-year-old son of a security guard employed at the apartment complex, was also

00:29standing nearby.

00:31According to police, when Kamath plugged the pump into a socket, a short circuit sparked

00:35and both were electrocuted.

00:37Their bodies were sent to St. John's Hospital for post-mortem.

00:40Elsewhere in Whitefield, a 35-year-old woman was killed due to a wall collapse.

00:44On May 19, nearly 500 homes lay submerged across Madhavpura, Aranagar, Kengeri and Kormangala.

00:5120 of Elahanka's 29 lakes had burst their banks, sending water rushing into neighbouring streets.

00:56The State Disaster Response Force deployed boats in Sai Layout, Maratalli and Iblur Junction

01:01to rescue stranded residents.

01:03The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Bengaluru and surrounding districts.

01:07Yet while the city grappled with deaths and destruction, the Siddharamaya government was

01:10seen celebrating two years in power on May 20, a move that was criticised by the opposition.

01:16Five deaths happened in Karnataka.

01:18On the deaths of Karnataka citizens, they are doing a big rally.

01:26This is a shame to Congress.