Heavy rains claim 2 lives
10.9 cm rain inundates several parts of city, disrupts power supply
A sudden and ferocious downpour on Wednesday evening swamped Hyderabad city and its surrounding areas causing havoc and resulting in at least two deaths amidst reports of flooded roads, vehicles being carried away by rainfed, sudden floods that turned the city’s roads into fast-moving rivers, and utter chaos on many of the main city road junctions with traffic either coming to a grinding halt or moving at a pace slower than that of a snail.
Two persons were killed when a wall of a house collapsed on them under the Medipally police station limits in Peerzadiguda municipality, just outside the Hyderabad city limits.
During the first three hours of Wednesday evening’s downpour, several areas of the city received upwards of 10 cms of rain, officials at the Indian meteorological department (IMD) here said.
The weather on Wednesday witnessed thunder and lightning that accompanied the at times spells of very heavy rain, could be expected to continue over the next four days over much of the state, the IMD has warned.
“The city received an extremely intense spell of rainfall. This was due to an upper-air cyclonic circulation over the state. This is expected to bring rains for the next 48 hours, while the intensity might not be the same, we predict that there would rain,” K. Naga Ratna, director, IMD, told Deccan Chronicle.
As of 9 pm, the highest rainfall was recorded in Falaknuma at Chandulal Baradari, followed by Shaikpet, RDO Office Attapur and Film Nagar. These areas received 109.8 mm, 109.8 mm, 105 mm and, 97.5 mm of rainfall respectively. The highest rainfall in the state of 129 mm was registered at Satwar in Zaheerabad mandal.
The rains on Wednesday resulted in disruption of power supply in several areas and officials of the Telangana state southern power distribution company limited (TSSPDCL) said that they formed an
emergency team to tend to all issues pertaining to power supply.
“People should be vigilant about power poles, transformers and wires. If wires are cut on roads or buildings anywhere, the company should be noti
fied immediately, TSSPDCL chairman managing director, Raghuma Reddy.
In case of voltage fluctuations or power outages, complaints can be made to the special control room on 7382072104, 7382072106,
said and G.
7382072106,7382071574 along with 1912, 100 or local fuse off call office, he said.
Similarly, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) received a total of 95 rainrelated complaints, which
included water-logging, building or wall collapse, tree fall, potholes and dilapidated building collapses.
The highest number of complaints were those pertaining to waterlogging at 52.