Hyderabad: Just days after the
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had put the government on
high-alert after the Indian Meteorological Department heavy rainfall warnings,
torrential rains ripped through the city of Hyderabad, other districts in Telangana,
coastal Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad has seen the most rainfall on a day in its
history according to the officials at the Meteorological Department. The rain
broke through predictions and destroyed the city. More than 1,000 residential
colonies were stuck in flooding and residents in several areas of the city
reported that they had no electricity for 12-24 hours. The Old Town area in
Hyderabad has been particularly hit and several other areas reporting a massive
flooding in their streets. The depression passed through the region on
Wednesday, but the Indian Meteorological Department retained the yellow warning
until Friday.
The rains left a humongous trail
of destruction in its wake. An unknown number of people were presumed dead due to the
floods with people being washed away by the flood water. Houses and compound
walls collapsed taking several lives in Hyderabad and property loss is thought
to be extensive. The governments were forced to bring in the army to assist the
National Disaster Response Force in the rescue efforts. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has called the Chief Ministers of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and
reviewed the situation.
Due to extended power-cuts, the
IT employees concentrated in the city were left with no internet access.
