Bengaluru witnessed massive rainfall with heavy hailstorms over the weekend. The city saw waters logged at places with trees breaking down, hails destroying car glasses, and whatnot. The sudden rainfall cooled down the temperature to some extent and Bengalureans found some relief from this year’s unbearable heat. Unfortunately, the rainfall was not a respite and good news for everyone. A young woman just lost her life on one of these waterlogged underpasses.
A 22-Year-Old Techie Died In Flooded K R Circle Underpass In Bengaluru
A Twitter user Anubha who goes by the username @artbyahbuna took to the microblogging site to share a disheartening sight of a car being stuck in a flooded underpass in Bengaluru. It can be seen in the photo how rescuers are attempting to pull the car from this haunting and drowning situation. Onlookers are standing in a crowd and looking at the disappointing incident.
At this moment, more than RCB’s loss, Bengaluru should be mourning at this haunting picture.
The young woman didn’t deserve this city’s shit infrastructure. Nobody deserves this. pic.twitter.com/wUSTz15muX
— Anubha (@artbyahbuna) May 22, 2023
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The young woman has been identified as Bhanurekha, according to a report by NDTV. She worked at Infosys, as shared by the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. She and her family visited Bengaluru from Vijayawada. There were 7 people inside the car, including the driver. There was a barricade at this underpass at K R Circle that broke down. While travelling in the city, the car driver chose to ride on that underpass and faced the accident. The car got trapped in the waterlogged area and the doors got stuck because of that. They failed to open the doors of the cars and got trapped inside.
MG Road, Bengaluru:
Hello How Are You I Am Under the Water… pic.twitter.com/UIKYMZElSG
— Anubha (@artbyahbuna) May 21, 2023
Soon everyone inside the car was rescued and rushed to St Martha’s Hospital. After some time, the doctors declared Bhanurekha dead.
Netizens Are Questioning The Infrastructure Of The City
The 22-year-old losing her life in such a devastating situation in the heart of the Karnataka capital is a miserable incident. Twitteratis are disheartened and infuriated and are venting about the city’s inadequate infrastructure. Here’s how Netizens are reacting to this unfortunate accident.
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The haunting picture that encapsulates the repercussions of Bengaluru’s inadequate infrastructure is a wake-up call for the city to mourn not just the loss of a cricket match but also the loss of dignity for its residents.
— Amit Misra (@amit6060) May 22, 2023
#DidYouKnow “BANGALORE is the 3rd Most #TAX earning City in our #India”……(AAAALLL Thanx to IT Companies, mostly…..)
&
With aaalll this TAX-money in AAAALLL these Years, #NammaBengaluru could have been One of the BEAUTIFUL Cities in #India……:-(
— PARI’sPapa UK Gupta 💙 (@TechButthead) May 22, 2023
I wonder whether the curriculum of civil engineering has been changed from the days of Shri Vishweshwaraaya.
On one hand we have ancient buildings that have not leaked even once and on the other hand, the roof slab leaks with the first rain.— Harshavardhan (@hvshroff) May 22, 2023
Bangaloreans deserve much better infrastructure, they contribute lot of tax and GST yet this kind of infra not acceptable
— Vijaykumar Chepyala (@vkchepyala) May 22, 2023
yeah,we failed her as a city. As citizens of this city. she would have moved here with a lot of aspirations. Proud parents. And we killed it. Literally.
— Bala (@rbalablr) May 22, 2023
This is heartbreaking.
— Guhesh Ramanathan 🧢 (@guhesh) May 22, 2023
Heart breaking. So young with all her life ahead. Every year come rains and it’s the same story
— Saroj Sridhar (@SarojSridhar) May 22, 2023
Bengalureans, stay safe! Do not step outside of your houses in this sudden rainy weather unless it is important. Stay indoors as much a possible at such times.
Cover Image Courtesy: Twitter/ Anubha (@artbyahbuna)