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Video: Lexus, Bentley, BMW… Upscale in Bengaluru, Cars Affected by Floods, Homes Worth Crores

September 6, 2022
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People were pulled out of the flood-affected area in tractor-trolleys passing by their expensive cars.

Bangalore:

After being rescued on a tractor-trolley, residents of an upscale neighborhood in Bengaluru look worried as they pass between some Lexus and BMW sedans, Range Rover SUVs and a Bentley crossover, drowning in other ultra-expensive cars – This video shows how many people were not spared by the floods in the IT hub of India.

While the cost of cars ranges from Rs 65 lakhs to Rs 2.5 crores, the price of apartments at Divyashree 77 East in Yamlur ranges from Rs 7-10 crores.

Some relatively less expensive models – such as the older version of the Honda Civic and the now-discontinued Volkswagen Polo – were also seen. The total loss has not yet been estimated.

This video shared by communication professional Rohit Verma among many others is one of them many are going viral, He also shared an inside photo of a house.

It brought back memories and fear of what happened in Chennai in 2015, when thousands of cars and two-wheelers were damaged. Expensive cars, including Audis and Jaguar, were later sold for much below market value because they were either beyond repair or would cost huge sums of money to rebuild the road.

Typically, insurance does not cover floods and other such “natural calamities”, although it can be done by paying an additional premium.

In other candid footage, Gaurav Munjal, CEO of ed-tech platform Unacademy, shared a video of his family and pet dog being pulled out on a tractor after flooding their residential society.

On the government front, meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai blames previous Congress governments And “unprecedented” rain to flood the state capital. He said that despite all odds, his government has taken it as a challenge to restore the rain-hit city and ensure that such things do not happen again.

For the past few days, several areas of Bengaluru have been submerged in water as lakes have been flooded.

“Such rain has not been recorded for the last 90 years. All the tanks are full and overflowing, some of them have broken and it is raining continuously,” Bommai said.