<p>Traffic crawled and home-goers were stuck on waterlogged roads as a torrential downpour swept through many parts of Bengaluru late on Tuesday evening. </p>.<p>Just days after recording its driest-ever August, the Garden City received copious amounts of rainfall as the southwest monsoon once again became active over south interior Karnataka. </p>.India's first underground transformer unveiled in Malleswaram .<p>The rains, however, brought along the now-too-familiar tale of the city’s crumbling civic infrastructure. </p>.<p>Underpasses resembled cesspools and streets turned into mini-ponds as water overflowed from clogged stormwater drains. </p>.<p>Videos shared on social media showed vehicle users wading through waterlogged Thanisandra and Kanakapura main roads. The Hebbal flyover and Jayamahal Road, too, reported waterlogging. </p>.<p>While the downpour reduced Bengaluru’s rain deficit during the current rainy season, it didn’t quite eliminate it. </p>.<p>Between June 1 and September 5 (until 11.30 pm), Bengaluru city received 342.2 mm of rainfall as against 367 mm. The HAL airport, representative of the city’s eastern and southeastern areas, fared better with above-normal precipitation. During the same period, it received 332.8 mm as against 313.8 mm, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data shows. </p>.<p>This month (until 11.30 pm, Tuesday), the city received 116.1 mm and the HAL airport 91.3 mm. The Kempegowda International Airport received 50.5 mm (until 5.30 pm, Tuesday). </p>.<p>September is traditionally Bengaluru's wettest month. Bengaluru city's mean monthly total rainfall is 208.3 mm and HAL airport's 176.4 mm.</p>.<p>The IMD has forecast a generally cloudy sky with light rain until September 8 and a thunderstorm for a week thereafter. </p>.<p>A Prasad, who heads the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said the city needed a whopping 37 cm, or more than 1 cm daily, in September to bridge the deficit for the southwest monsoon. </p>
<p>Traffic crawled and home-goers were stuck on waterlogged roads as a torrential downpour swept through many parts of Bengaluru late on Tuesday evening. </p>.<p>Just days after recording its driest-ever August, the Garden City received copious amounts of rainfall as the southwest monsoon once again became active over south interior Karnataka. </p>.India's first underground transformer unveiled in Malleswaram .<p>The rains, however, brought along the now-too-familiar tale of the city’s crumbling civic infrastructure. </p>.<p>Underpasses resembled cesspools and streets turned into mini-ponds as water overflowed from clogged stormwater drains. </p>.<p>Videos shared on social media showed vehicle users wading through waterlogged Thanisandra and Kanakapura main roads. The Hebbal flyover and Jayamahal Road, too, reported waterlogging. </p>.<p>While the downpour reduced Bengaluru’s rain deficit during the current rainy season, it didn’t quite eliminate it. </p>.<p>Between June 1 and September 5 (until 11.30 pm), Bengaluru city received 342.2 mm of rainfall as against 367 mm. The HAL airport, representative of the city’s eastern and southeastern areas, fared better with above-normal precipitation. During the same period, it received 332.8 mm as against 313.8 mm, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data shows. </p>.<p>This month (until 11.30 pm, Tuesday), the city received 116.1 mm and the HAL airport 91.3 mm. The Kempegowda International Airport received 50.5 mm (until 5.30 pm, Tuesday). </p>.<p>September is traditionally Bengaluru's wettest month. Bengaluru city's mean monthly total rainfall is 208.3 mm and HAL airport's 176.4 mm.</p>.<p>The IMD has forecast a generally cloudy sky with light rain until September 8 and a thunderstorm for a week thereafter. </p>.<p>A Prasad, who heads the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said the city needed a whopping 37 cm, or more than 1 cm daily, in September to bridge the deficit for the southwest monsoon. </p>