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Orange Alert Issued In Bengaluru, 2 Laborers Dead After Heavy Showers

Bengaluru: Two people have died in Bengaluru, where thunderstorms triggered by the southwest monsoon have caused flooding and power outages in many parts of the city. In many sections of rural and urban Bengaluru, the weather service has issued an Orange signal, expecting heavy rain for the next 4-5 days.

In Ullal upanagar, the two people murdered in the downpour were both laborers. Officials claimed the remains of the two guys, one from Bihar and the other from Uttar Pradesh, were discovered at the pipeline construction site.

According to reports, the city received above 155 mm of rain, which started in the evening and intensified late last night.

Videos showed automobiles and people wading through knee-deep water in various low-lying regions. In one of the films, a Mercedes SUV was shown stalled on a city road with two wheels in the air.

The Metro on the Green Line had to be stopped owing to a power outage induced by the thunderstorms, which had a brief impact on service.

JP Nagar, Jayanagar, Lalbagh, Chickpet, Majestic, Malleswaram, Rajajinagar, Yeshwantpur, MG Road, Cubbon Park, Vijayanagar, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Kengeri, Magadi Road, and Mysore Road, among others, were among the locations impacted.

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“Unwarranted”: Punjab CM On Farmers Protest

Aleesha Sam

Chandigarh: On Tuesday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann described the state farmers’ agitation as unjustified and unwanted, but said he is open to negotiations.

He also urged farmer unions to join the state government’s fight against groundwater depletion in Punjab.

On Tuesday, Punjab farmers staged a demonstration along the Chandigarh-Mohali border after being prevented from traveling to the state capital to press the administration for a wheat crop bonus and the ability to plant paddy from June 10.

Farmers have been instructed by the government to postpone paddy transplantation until June 18.

The CM stated that his doors are open for discussions with farmers, but that empty slogans will not deter him from preventing further groundwater depletion.

“They have a democratic right to hold a dharna but they should tell their issues,” said Mr Mann while talking to reporters after returning from Delhi.

Mr Mann said the government held talks with farmers on Tuesday.

When asked that farmers are adamant on meeting him, Mr Mann said, “They can come any time. I have been calling them earlier as well.” Mr Mann said the staggered programme of paddy sowing will not harm interests of farmers but it can act as a catalyst to save underground water.

“I am the son of a farmer. I know how it can happen. What is the difference between June 18 and 10,” he asked.

The CM asked farmers to support him for a year and said if the farmers suffer any loss during this period, then the state government will fully compensate them.

“Kindly support me for one year at least. If you suffer losses, I will compensate all your losses,” he asserted.

He asked the agitating farmers to tell whether he was wrong because he is thinking about saving water and checking environmental pollution in the state.

“I want to ask respectable organisations that tell me what wrong I am doing for the earth,” he said.

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