Moderate to heavy showers accompanied with gusty winds, thunder and lightning, that lashed parts of city yesterday evening brought down trees and electric poles disrupting vehicular movement near Chikkamanikethana Kalyana Mantap in Kuvempunagar, Sharadadevinagar, road leading to Srirampura 2nd Stage from Vivekananda Circle, Kukkarahalli Lake Road and other parts of city. Three trees, which were uprooted on Kukkarahalli Lake Road fell on the road disrupting traffic on the busy road. Motorists were seen taking alternative roads to reach their destinations.
Fire and Emergency Services personnel along with Police personnel, MCC staff and the public, had to cut down the fallen trees and move them aside to make way for smooth flow of traffic.
