Parts of India’s Silicon Valley flooded after heavy rains

Parts of the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, often referred to as India Silicone Valley, are under water after heavy rainfall.

The city is alert for more showers before Monson on Tuesday due to cyclonic formations over the Andaman Sea, according to authorities.

Three people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in rain involvement on Monday.

Bengaluru is home to major global technology companies, many of whom have asked their employees to work from home due to flooded roads.

Many parts of the city received 100 mm (4 inches) rain on Monday, a record of 2011.

This is “rarely” for Bengaluru, in front of the CS Patil, director of the regional time, told News Agencies.

In addition to heavy logging and destruction of traffic, heavy rainfall also caused property damage.

In one of the main IT corridors in the city, the sophisticated wall of a software company-i-zed-se collapsed on Monday morning, killing a 35-year-old employee.

Videos have also shown that travel traveling are moving through deep water, with several cars parked on streets with water. The water has also entered homes in some parts of the city.

Authorities say the city corporation has identified 210 areas prone to floods where they worked around the clock to “repair” the situation.

“It is not necessary for the people from Bengaluru to worry,” DK Shivakumar, Deputy Minister of State Karnakaka, told reporters on Monday.

But officials are criticized in social media, with many complaining about the collapsing infrastructure of the city and glued roads.

“No other city refers to a feeling of fear and helplessness to travel during rain, as Bangalore does,” writes a user of X.

Annu Itty, who has lived in the city for eight years, told the BBC that the city’s infrastructure was becoming especially fragile in the monsoons.

“Ironically, the newly developed areas – those built to accommodate the thriving technological sector – face the worst flood,” she said.

Iti, who works in public policy, says that “the lack of a coordinated urban planning that respects environmental restrictions”, as well as the lack of government accountability, has left the residents of Bengaluru to cope with the consequences.

Karnakak, of which Bengaluru is the capital is currently governed by the Congress Party. The Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party, which sits in the opposition in the state, has accused the local authorities of failing to cope with rain -related problems in the city and the state, although it spends millions of rupees on its infrastructure.

BJP has requested the immediate release of 10 billion rupees ($ 117 million, £ 87.5 million) for relief operations.

The state government, however, defended itself, saying these were long -standing questions.

“The problems we face today are not new. They have been ignored for years, between governments and administrations,” Shivakumar said.

Floods have been a recurring phenomenon in Bengaluru in recent years. Experts are partly accusing the rapid construction of lakes and wetlands of the city and poor urban planning for the crisis.

Ananda Rao, President of the Information Technology Association (AIT) – which represents over 450 software companies – told the BBC that such a frequent flood caused “discomfort and inconvenience” for business.

“Bengaluru contributes significantly to taxes – both at the individual level and to ownership tax. There is no return to this investment,” he said, calling on the government to work on long -term decisions to improve the city’s infrastructure.