Five die in house collapses in rain-hit Bangalore

In another accident, an elderly couple - Siddappa and Sanjeevamma - died when the wall of their rented house collapsed at Thimmasandra in the northern suburb due to heavy rain late Friday.



"The couple had come to the city from their native village in Tumkur district (about 70km away) to live with their son working in a nearby vineyard. As the house was in a dilapidated condition, one of its walls collapsed due to heavy rain and gusty winds," a police official said.

In the third incident, 43-year-old homemaker N. Saraswati died at Rajarajeshwarinagar in the city's southern suburb when a portion of the house crashed on her while she was asleep early Saturday.

Low pressure in the Bay of Bengal and strong surface winds have resulted in heavy rains battering the city during this week leading to water logging and inundation of low-laying areas across the city.

In a related development, a lake embankment in the city's eastern suburb off the old Madras road breached earlier in the day flooding the surrounding residential localities as the overflowing rain water gushed out, a civic official said.