After rainwater, people in Bengaluru face rise in hotel rates
‘Hotels have doubled room rent, no more rooms till weekend’
Bengaluru: Even as people in parts of the city struggle to survive the incessant downpour and floods, some hotels have gone ahead and raised the charges for their rooms.
The star hotels in Bengaluru are charging two to three times the regular fare for a room. The rates for rooms in deluxe hotels, which had been Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 a day, have risen to Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 a day.
This has put many families in the city in a dilemma. People who can afford to book a hotel room to stay till the rainwater subsides are also struggling to pay the rent due to the hike.
A family of four people booked a room in a star hotel since their house in Yamalur was inundated. The family had to pay Rs 42,000 for one night, said Meena Girishballa, CEO and manager, PurpleFront Technologies.
Some families had initially decided to shift to the first floors of their respective villas till the water level subsided. “Unfortunately for us, the electricity connection collapsed, making things all the more difficult for us. The only solution at hand was to stay in a hotel room till the situation gets better. The room fare was not a worry when we decided to move to a hotel,” said a citizen.
Many families in residential complexes are willing to pay the new rates for the rooms, but they find that no more rooms in hotels are available for booking.
When contacted, managers of hotels in areas like Whitefield, Outer Ring Road, Old Airport Road and Koramangala said that their rooms had already been booked till Friday.
A third problem with hotels now for families in inundated places is that many hotel managers do not let the guests bring in pets to their rooms. The guests are also charged extra for the permission to keep pets with them.
“Our families are in a desperate situation with regard to stay,” said the residents.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
