In Bengaluru lake breach, several houses cars, bikes were swept away

A large
number of houses were submerged in Hulimavu as water from a lake flooded the
area on Sunday after its bund was damaged, officials said.

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Around 250
families were shifted as they were badly affected by the sudden flood which
also swept away several cars and two-wheelers, they said.

City Mayor M
Gautham Kumar said the incident occurred when some people allegedly tried to
lay a pipe with the help of an earthmover and the civic body BBMP would
investigate about it.

Pumps were
deployed to flush the water out of basements of residential complexes, while
efforts were made by engineers in the civic body to seal the breach, officials
said.