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.

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.