Bengaluru gets light showers; Amit Shah's roadshow at Devanahalli cancelled

Bengaluru witnessed light rainfall accompanied by cloudy skies and chilly winds on Friday evening. The sudden change in Bengaluru's weather following the intermittent showers has brought a respite for residents who have been reeling under high temperatures.

The Regional MeT Centre in Bengaluru had predicted partly cloudy sky with possibility of development of thunder and lightning in the city over the next seven days till April 27.

The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) had also warned that thunderstorm with lightning accompanied by gusty winds speed reaching 30-40 kmph are likely to affect Bengaluru (urban), Bengaluru (rural), Chikkamagaluru, Mysuru, Kolar, Ballari, Kodagu Hassan a and Belagavi districts during the next three hours.

Source IMD: #Nowcast
TOI: 1500 IST
Thunderstorm with lightning & accompanied by gusty winds speed reaching 30-40 kmph likely to affect the following districts in next 03 hours:
Bengaluru(urban) Bengaluru(rural) chikkamagaluru Mysuru Kolar Ballari Kodagu Hassan & Belagavi pic.twitter.com/HisPyBDsgY

— Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (@KarnatakaSNDMC) April 21, 2023

Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah's road show was cancelled owing to downpour at Devanahalli on the outskirts of Bengaluru, BJP sources said.

Shri @AmitShah ji landed in Bengaluru & was headed to the Devanhalli Roadshow.

However, heavy rains in that area had made the commencement of the road show impossible. Inorder to not cause inconvenience the karyakartas assembled, the state leadership has decided to postpone the… pic.twitter.com/6uHPGs1cLA

— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) April 21, 2023

The former BJP chief, one of the party's key poll strategists and campaigners, arrived here on a two-day visit to the state to campaign ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections in the state.

Shah was slated to hold a road show at Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district but it had to be called off due to the rains in and around the taluk headquarters town.

The party leader is scheduled to take stock of the party's poll preparations during an interaction with senior party functionaries during the visit.

This is Shah's first visit to the state after the poll schedule was announced on March 29.

On Saturday, he is scheduled to attend an event organised by a private news channel before flying back to New Delhi.