Schools In Parts Of Karnataka Shut Amid Heavy Rain, State On Alert
NDTV
Karnataka rain: An "orange alert" has been issued for Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikballapura, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan, among others, amid heavy rain
Schools in Bengaluru Urban and in some other districts in south interior Karnataka are closed today due to heavy rainfall forecast. An "orange alert" has been issued for Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya, Ramanagara, Shivamogga and Tumakuru. Chikballapura has closed schools for two days.
Thursday saw heavy rain over the capital city of Bengaluru, with little sunshine for many days now. Temperature has plummeted as the winter chill has set in early this year.
The 50-year-old home of Shankar in Bengaluru's Ulsoor, where the family has lived for three generations, collapsed early on Friday morning. This followed hours of continuous rainfall from Thursday evening and through the night.
"Around 5.30 am we heard a huge sound and it collapsed. The whole night we didn't sleep for a single minute," Shankar, a retired postal worker, told NDTV. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
