Hyderabad: Heavy rains across
Telangana brought the civilian life to a standstill as numerous areas in
Greater Hyderabad had seen high levels of rainfall. Two days ago, the Chief
Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrasekhar Rao had instructed Chief Secretary to
follow the necessary flood protocols and put Telangana government on
high-alert. The meteorological department had warned that several districts in
Telangana and the capital Hyderabad itself were prone to heavy rainfall and
flooding this week. On Tuesday, continuous rainfall rendered many parts of the
city unusable with reports of nine deaths occurring due to the collapse of
walls. 11 people have died in Ghouse Nagar after a wall collapsed due to the
heavy rainfall. A 40-year old woman and her 15-year old daughter have also died
in another incident after a compound wall collapsed on them. The mother and
daughter were residents of Ibrahimpatnam area.
Few days ago, after the warnings
came from Meteorological Department about heavy rainfall, the Telangana Chief
Minister had directed his Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to instruct all the
district Collectors, Police Commissioners and Police Superintendents to be on
high-alert and monitor the changing situation and provide necessary assistance
for people.
The rainfall is predicted to last
another 12-72 hours and coastal Andhra region is also seeing similar rainfall.
National Disaster Response Force has been deployed in several flood areas and
rescue operations were underway to evacuate people stuck in their houses and
heavy flooded causeways.
