Heavy rains have flooded roads and low-lying areas. In Chandrayangutta police station area, 10 people including a 2-month-old child were killed in two incidents of a wall collapse.
Hyderabad| At least 12 people died in rain-related accidents following incessant rains in many parts of Telangana. Heavy rains have flooded roads and low-lying areas. In Chandrayangutta police station area, 10 people including a 2-month-old child were killed in two incidents of a wall collapse. A 40-year-old woman and her daughter died after the roof of an old house collapsed in Ibrahimpatnam area due to heavy rains here, police said on Wednesday.
A police officer said that on Tuesday late night, some stones were rolled from a mountain in Chandrayangutta and hit the walls of two houses, killing eight people on the spot and injuring three others. The injured are being treated. The official said that two more people were reported dead in the area on Wednesday morning.
Lok Sabha member Asaduddin Owaisi from Hyderabad is monitoring the rescue efforts in the city. According to official figures, Singapore township of Medchal Malkajgiri district received 292.5 mm of rain and 250.8 mm of rain in Yadadri-Bhongir district’s Varkel Palle from 8.30 am to 9 pm on Tuesday.
Official sources said that heavy to very heavy rainfall was recorded in many areas of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). GHMC received 98.9 mm of average rainfall. Many roads and low-lying areas in the city are flooded. Police teams and Disaster Action Force (DRF) personnel of NDRF and GHMC evacuated several families from the places where the water was flooded. Rescue work is going on in many areas. Police said at least 33 passengers were rescued after a government bus got stuck in Uppal here due to waterlogging.
The water level in the reservoirs in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district has increased and the administration has advised people not to go near the reservoirs. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has asked all the district administrations to be vigilant. “The Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao inquired about the heavy rains in the state,” Kumar was quoted as saying in a press release Tuesday night. He asked the district administrations to be vigilant. “Meanwhile, the civic body and police officials have asked people not to move out of their homes.
GHMC Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar has appealed to people living in dilapidated buildings or huts to vacate the premises. He informed that people have been provided temporary residence in community buildings. The Meteorological Department said here that there is a possibility of thunder showers in Telangana on Wednesday also. He told that heavy and very heavy rainfall is expected on Wednesday and Thursday in some places including Hyderabad.
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