Bengaluru, once known as India's garden city, has been suffering under various issues from gridlocked traffic to poor civic facilities. Rapid urbanisation and the encroachment of the city's lakes have blocked connecting canals, limiting Bengaluru's capacity to absorb and siphon off water.

Building collapse claims five lives after heavy rain in Bengaluru, rescue work resumes

By Kashish Tandon, Nandan Mandayam and VarunVyas Hebbalalu BENGALURU (Reuters) - Schools were shut and people worked from home in India's tech hub of Bengaluru on Wednesday after the heaviest rains in nearly three decades again brought the city to a standstill.

In the wake of continuous heavy rainfall across Bengaluru, the District Collector, Jagdish, has announced a holiday for Anganwadi centres and all government and private schools in the Bengaluru city district for Wednesday,