Bangalore, Jun 1 (DHNS): Heavy showers on Friday evening left many areas in the City high and dry and the BBMP control room flooded with numerous complaints. The City received an estimated 72 mm rain.

At least six trees were reported to have fallen due to the rains in Hosakerehalli, Ulsoor, Rajajinagar, Jayanagar, Hanumanth Nagar, Kathriguppe, off Big Bazaar, and near Urvashi cinema. Cases of waterlogging were reported from many areas. The worst affected were Richmond Road, Double Road, Rajajinagar, Marathahalli and Malleswaram, JC Road, HSR Layout, Sudhamanagar.

Water from stormwater drains overflowed into houses at Roshan Nagar, Yelachenahalli off  Kanakapura Road, forcing people to stay outdoors. The area around Garuda Mall, Race Course Road, Cauvery Bhavan, JP Nagar, Mysore Road and Bapuji Nagar were flooded. Major traffic snarls were reported from Banaswadi, MG Road, JP Nagar, off Rangashankara, and Kodichikkanahalli.

While the newly appointed BBMP Commissioner M Lakshminarayana, who took charge of Friday, monitored the situation and tried to keep things under control by getting regular updates from all the control rooms and joint commissioners.

BBMP gangmen were immediately put on the job of clearing branches of the uprooted trees and scooping water out the flooded houses.

 The Met department has confirmed that the monsoons will hit the State by June 5 or even earlier and the heavy pre-monsoon showers like the one on Friday will occur fairly regularly prior to it.

The heavy showers on Friday signalled the fast arrival of monsoon to the state. Similar heavy isolated spells were also witnessed in the south and coastal region of the state. The state has been witnessing good rains, heavy to moderate, for the past few days.