Photos: Floods cripple Indian tech hub Bengaluru

A BMTC Electric bus wades through a waterlogged road following incessant rain, at the Marathalli Outer Ring Road (ORR), in Bengaluru. Large parts of India's tech capital Bengaluru were under water on Monday after torrential rains uprooted trees, caused crippling traffic and forced offices to issue work-from-home orders to employees, raising fears of further disruptions throughout the week.

People pull a car through a water-logged road following torrential rains in Bengaluru. The Bengaluru Urban district received 28.1 mm rainfall on Sunday, 368% more than the average, according to data compiled by the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The city has received 141% more rainfall than average since the start of monsoon season on June 1. Bengaluru, home to various global companies as well as home-grown startups, has established itself as an important business centre in the country's southern region.

"After two years of work from home, companies are coming back and infrastructure has completely collapsed," said Krishna Kumar, General Manager at the Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA).

Residents of a locality being shifted by firefighters after the area partially submerged following incessant rain, in Bengaluru on Monday.

Members of a rescue team row their boat past submerged vehicles following torrential rains in Bengaluru.

Monday's flooding forced citizens to empty basements and parking lots, spend more time on the roads in traffic and face power outages in places. "Right now, we are all living in fear," said Deepa Babu, a psychologist who counsels adolescent kids and lives in Rainbow Drive, an enclave near the city's major tech hubs.

Firefighters carry a woman to shift after the area partially submerged in Bengaluru on Monday.

Employees in the huge tech sector told to work from home and dozens of areas reportedly left without drinking water.

Residents of a locality being ferried by firefighters in Bengaluru.

Commuters wade through a waterlogged road at the Marathalli Outer Ring Road (ORR), in Bengaluru on Monday.

Rainwater with drain water flooded and logged at Rainbow Drive layout and other parts of Sarjapur area after heavy rainfall in Bengaluru on Monday.