Rainwater seeped into houses in a slum area in Jai Bheem Nagar in Chalavadipalya following incessant rains in Bengaluru on Wednesday. | Photo credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.
“Yesterday it was water. Today it is fear. Tomorrow we don’t know what will remain,” says Manjamma, standing ankle-deep in the murky water of her one-room house in Jai Bheem Nagar.
A day after Bengaluru was hit by heavy rains and sudden hailstorm on Wednesday evening, the city is trying to return to normalcy. But in pockets of slums like Jai Bheem Nagar in Chalavadipalya ward, normal has long meant living on the fringes, where one spell of rain can destroy years of fragile stability.
Published – 30 Apr 2026 14:12 IST
