A large number of houses were inundated at Hulimavu inBengaluru as water from a lake flooded the area on Sunday after its bund wasdamaged.

Officials said that efforts were on to shift around250 families who are badly affected by the sudden flood which also swept awayseveral cars and two-wheelers.

City Mayor M Gautham Kumar said that the incident occurred when some people allegedly tried to lay a pipe with the help of an earthmover and the civic body BBMP would investigate it.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBPM)officials, the fire and emergency services personnel were carrying out therelief work.

Pumps were deployed to flush the water out ofbasements of residential complexes, while efforts were on by engineers in thecivic body to plug the breach.