From what has been stated across multiple websites and TV channels, the blasts were low in intensity and the number of casualties haven’t yet been completely established.
The blasts have taken place in multiple locations across the city, and regardless of the intensity, it has caused some amount of panic.
At the office, while some people remain chilled out and are taking it easy, there have been some others who have been hyperventilating as if they were present within a mile radius of the twin towers in lower Manhattan on September 11th, 2001.
Rumours are flying aplenty, with channels reporting 5, 6 and 8 blasts across different parts of town, some of them at the city center while some others on arterial roads leading towards major IT hubs.
Nayandahalli, which is quite close to my office has also been the location of one of the explosions, and the proximity f this explosion to my office has had people here up in a tizzy. There is a palpable tension in the atmosphere with cell phones ringing or people making calls to their near and dear ones hoping that they stay put in a place that is safe or stay at home out of harm’s way.
While news channels (Times Now) was stating that the target was primarily the IT sector, with blasts on Hosur Road, Koramangala and such, it is quite unfounded to make such an assumption since the IT industry people would be the ones that would be among the most ensconed and protected among all others, given the levels of security within and outside their premises.
However, business men, college students and people using the locations of the blast as transit points would be the ones most affected by it.
I hope everyone I know is ok, and I hope everyone you know is alright too.God bless.
