India"s waterlogged IT city sparks memes and anger

A poster that has gone viral in the past 24 hours is a graphic parody on the state of affairs in a city famously described as India"s IT capital - Bangalore (also known as Bengaluru).

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A social media user has altered the bookings page of Uber to make it look like it"s offering boats instead of cars. The meme has gone viral.

Many parts of the city have been flooded after heavy rainfall since Sunday. Experts say rapid construction, fast erosion of famous lakes and gardens, and poor urban planning are to blame for the crisis.

The Times of India website tweeted the photo of a swanky villa that resembled a pool.

And one woman shared a video claiming that adventure vacations were now available "at your front door".

The Indian Meteorological Department ( IMD)"s local office said the last time it rained so heavily in the month of September was in 1998. And people who drove through flooded streets described the horrors they felt.

"I went to the office to pick up something important for a meeting. It was only after I reached that I realised that no-one else was there. So, I decided to go back home and my heart was in my mouth and my legs were shaking [as the streets had flooded by then]," said an IT professional who didn"t want to be named.

Many IT companies have asked their employees to work from home for the rest of the week and many schools have gone back to online classes. India"s army has deployed boats to rescue stranded people.

Why this havoc?

IMD officials told the BBC that unusual weather patterns had caused the heavier-than-usual rainfall in the city and many other parts of the state.

The city"s water supply has also been impacted after heavy rains in Mandya district flooded the pumping stations that send water from the Cauvery river to Bangalore.

Tushar Girinath, chief commissioner of the city"s main civic organisation, blamed the floods on the unusually heavy rainfall which, he said, could make life difficult anywhere.

"For the first time, all the lakes in the city are full. They cannot take any more water. We simply do not have the capacity to take the water out because the storm water drains are already overflowing. We need to see the flooding in this context."