Bengaluru: Heavy rain led to flooding inside Manyata Tech Park, one of the city’s largest IT hubs, and on its surrounding roads Sunday. Seventeen trees across the city were uprooted in the downpour.The rain caused water to rush through the internal roads of the tech park and pool near the ramp that ends inside. Being a Sunday, problems due to flooding were relatively limited. BBMP received a total of 49 complaints — 17 for uprooted trees and 32 for fallen branches. According to the civic agency, 38 of these complaints have been cleared. Yelahanka and Byatarayanapura were the worst-affected, reporting six cases each, including both tree and branch falls. Other affected areas included Hebbal, Mahadevapura, KR Pura, Jayanagar, and parts of the west zone. One car was damaged in Sahakaranagar.A ramp near Hebbal towards airport road was waterlogged, but civic teams were seen working to clear the blockage. According to India Meteorological Department, the city recorded 13.5mm of rain at HAL Airport and 12.3mm at the Bengaluru City observatory. Built on a low-lying patch of land that was once part of the city’s interconnected lake system, the Manyata Tech Park area is susceptible to waterlogging when stormwater drains overflow or become blocked, especially during heavy rains. The civic body last month issued a notice to Manyata Promoters Pvt Ltd and other property owners in the Nagawara area, directing them to clear alleged encroachments on a stormwater drain linked to the tech park premises. The July 9 notice, issued by the Yelahanka zone commissioner, followed a total station survey that marked the original path of the drain in the presence of stakeholders. Acting on directions from the principal secretary, revenue department, BBMP instructed that the encroachments be removed and work on restoring the drain commence from July 10 without fail. Disruption and traffic jams due to heavy rain were limited on Sunday compared to a regular weekday, according to traffic police. There was complete waterlogging at Ramamurthy Nagar single road, forcing vehicles to move at a crawl. Other stretches in the city, including Thanisandra to Nagawara junction, City Market Circle to SJP Circle, Bagalur Cross to IAF Junction, Hebbal to the airport, Hebbal towards the city, and Devinagar to Kuvempu Circle in both directions, also experienced slow-moving traffic.
