Heavy downpour batters Hyderabad

The State Met office predicted heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours. On Wednesday, Hyderabad received heavy rainfall with 121 mm rainfall recorded at Fever Hospital in the city.

The people of the twin cities woke up to dark clouds and heavy rain. Office-goers and schoolchildren were caught in the downpour as rain pounded almost all parts of the city and the outskirts.

At least seven persons including four children were killed yesterday in two separate rain-related incidents following heavy downpour in the city since morning which has caused water-logging in many areas and brought traffic to a standstill in most parts of the city.

Four members of a family including two kids and their parents died after a wall collapsed on their hut at Ramanthapur area, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Malkajgiri Zone) E Ramachandra Reddy told PTI, adding the victims were sleeping when the incident occurred.

In another incident, three members of a family including a woman and her two daughters died when the roof of their house collapsed in Bholakpur area, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) VB Kamalhasan Reddy said.

Another building collapsed at Lal Darwaja in Old City, but no one was injured. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner B Janardhan Reddy instructed officials that people staying in old and dilapidated buildings be evacuated immediately to save



lives.Due to heavy rains water-logging was reported at several places and GHMC teams were clearing stagnated points at Nampally, Secunderabad station, Khairatabad and other areas.

Following heavy rains, massive traffic congestions were reported between L B Nagar to Malakpet, Moosarambagh, Yakutpura, Uppal, Tarnaka, various localities under Secunderabad, Secretariat, Mehdipatnam, Lakadi-ka-Pul, Punjagutta among other areas.Office goers had a tough time commuting to work with several roads overflowing while many residential areas in low-lying areas also got inundated due to heavy rains.

Due to heavy rains and water-logging at Hyderabad and Secunderabad area, 10 MMTS (local) trains between Hyderabad-Lingampalli were cancelled and 3 MMTS services between Hyderabad-Lingampalli were partially cancelled.

However, on restoration of normalcy four MMTS special trains were run between Hyderabad-Lingampalli to clear the stranded passengers, South Central Railway officials said.

All major reservoirs in Telangana state are receiving heavy inflows due to heavy rains at many catchment areas of various rivers.Many parts of the state especially Karimanagar, Medak and Nalgonda districts received heavy rainfall besides Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts. Several reservoirs mainly located across river Krishna are receiving heavy inflows due to heavy rains in catchment areas.Water levels rose to full tank capacity at Narayanapur and Jurala reservoirs.