Bengaluru Rains: Woman Dies While Avoiding Potholes As Truck Hits Her Scooter

Triggered by cyclonic conditions in Southern India, Bengaluru witnessed heavy, destructive rainfall in the past 24 hours. As the rainfall led to a collapse in the city's civic infrastructure, a woman lost her life due to the massive potholes she was avoiding on the road. The 56-year-old woman was riding her scooter when she slowed down to avoid potholes in the Sarjapur area, but tragedy hit and a mini truck bumped into her scooter, causing her death and leaving her husband with severe injuries. 

Bengaluru Rains

In the past two years, Bengaluru rains and floods have claimed the lives of many individuals. The rains directly impacting the city's failing infrastructure have claimed many young lives. In 2022, Bengaluru floods claimed a life after a 23-year-old woman was electrocuted to death. The woman was travelling via scooter when it skid on a flooded road and she accidentally came in contact with a live electric pole.

The tragic incident took place on September 5 in Siddapura, Whitefield area in Bengaluru. The woman Akhila worked in the administrative department of a school and was returning home when the incident occurred.

Her scooter skidded while crossing a waterlogged road and the woman fell off the scooter. She tried to get up and grabbed a nearby electric pole for support. She came in contact with a live current running along the pole and was electrocuted.

Locals who witnessed the incident rushed her to a private hospital nearby where she was declared dead.

Bengaluru Woman Electrocuted

Reportedly, Akhila’s family has blamed Bengaluru’s civic and administrative body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the city’s electricity managing board Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) for negligence and “improper handling” of the electricity systems.

The family has yet to file a complaint and the Whitefield police are further investigating the incident. The police are yet to file an FIR and are waiting for word from the late woman’s family.

Bengaluru Floods

According to the data compiled by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Bangalore Urban district received 368 percent more rainfall than the average. The city has received 141 percent more rainfall than average since the start of the monsoon season in June.

The severe waterlogging due to the heavy rains lead to IT professionals using tractors to reach workplaces.

A woman working at an IT firm spoke with ANI and said that employees could not take many leaves and their work was being affected. The workers resorted to waiting for tractors to drop them off for 50 rupees.

Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai chaired a meeting with senior ministers and officials to take stock of the situation. The government decided to release 300 crore rupees to manage the situation in the flooded city.