Rain lashes coastal Karnataka, Bengaluru

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November 5, 2021

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Nov 5: Mangaluru, Nov 5: Moderate to heavy rains lashed most parts of coastal Karnataka today with northeast monsoon turning vigorous over the state.

Dakshina Kannada and Udupi received heavy rains for couple of hours in the afternoon.

IMD Bengaluru data showed that the city recorded 55.8 mm of rainfall as on Friday (November 5) 8.30 a.m., Kempegowda International Airport 7.5 mm, and HAL airport 36.8 mm.

The rainfall forecast for Friday (November 5), which is valid till 8.30 a.m. Saturday (November 6), said widespread very light to moderate rains with isolated heavy to very heavy rains likely over South Interior Karnataka (SIK), Malnad and coastal Karnataka, and isolated to widespread very light to moderate rains with isolated heavy rains over North Interior Karnataka (NIK).

"Thunderstorm with lightning is likely at isolated places over Karnataka," according to the forecast.

The rainfall forecast for BBMP areas is widespread moderate to heavy rains associated with thunder activity. For the next two days (ending 8.30 a.m. November 8), fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate with isolated heavy rains are likely.

Heavy rains lashed parts of Bengaluru on November 4 evening, putting a dampner on Deepavali celebrations. But, more important, the rains led to waterlogging and flooding in some areas.

South, West and Mahadevapura zones reported heavy rains – on an average over 100 mm of rainfall – while other parts received moderate to light rains. Yelahanka, Bommanahalli and Dasarahalli zones reported no rain-related complaints.

Waterlogging and flooding of homes was reported from Minerva Circle, V.V. Puram, City Bed Layout, Shankarapuram, Tata Silk Farm and Ejipura in South division. V.V. Puram recorded 137 mm of rainfall.

Flooding was also reported from Neelasandra, Cottonpet and Binny Mill areas.

Several parts of Doddanekundi-Nisarga Layout, Shanbhag Layout, Andhra Apartments and Fern Heritage Apartments reported flooding on November 4 night. Doddanekundi reported 127.5 mm of rainfall. Waterlogging and flooding were reported from parts of Kallappa Layout and Marathahalli.

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IndiGo CEO says less than 1,000 cancellations on Dec 6; normalcy by Dec 15

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December 5,2025

New Delhi, Dec 5: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers issued a public apology this evening after more than a thousand flights were cancelled today, making it the "most severely impacted day" in terms of cancellations. The biggest airline of the country cancelled "more than half" of its daily number of flights on Friday, said Elbers. He also said that even though the crisis will persist on Saturday, the airline anticipates fewer than 1,000 flight cancellations.

"Full normalisation is expected between December 10 and 15, though IndiGo cautions that recovery will take time due to the scale of operations," the IndiGo CEO said.

IndiGo operates around 2,300 domestic and international flights daily.

Pieter Elbers, while apologising for the major inconvenience due to delays and cancellations, said the situation is a result of various causes.

The crisis at IndiGo stems from new regulations that boost pilots' weekly rest requirements by 12 hours to 48 and allow only two night-time landings per week, down from six. IndiGo has attributed the mass cancellations to "misjudgment and planning gaps".

Elbers also listed three lines of action that the airline will adopt to address the issue.

"Firstly, customer communication and addressing your needs, for this, messages have been sent on social media. And just now, a more detailed communication with information, refunds, cancellations and other customer support measures was sent," he said.

The airline has also stepped up its call centre capacity.

"Secondly, due to yesterday's situation, we had customers stranded mostly at the nation's largest airports. Our focus was for all of them to be able to travel today itself, which will be achieved. For this, we also ask customers whose flights are cancelled not to come to the airports as notifications are sent," the CEO said.

"Thirdly, cancellations were made for today to align our crew and planes to be where they need to start tomorrow morning afresh. Earlier measures of the last few days, regrettable, have proven not to be enough, but we have decided today to reboot all our systems and schedules, resulting in the highest numbers of cancellations so far, but imperative for progressive improvements starting from tomorrow," he added.

As airports witnessed chaotic scenes, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stepped in to grant IndiGo a temporary exemption from stricter night duty rules for pilots. It also allowed substitution of leaves with a weekly rest period.

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has said a high-level inquiry will be ordered and accountability will be fixed.

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