T'gana's Musi river remains flooded, alert continues

Delhi needs 4.1 mm rain to surpass its own record

The Musi river remained flooded on Wednesday with surplus water continuing to be let out from Osmansagar and Himayatsagar reservoirs. The alert for residential areas along the river continued due to the huge flow of water, almost touching the bridges at a couple of points.

Hyderabad traffic police on Wednesday reopened Moosarambagh bridge for traffic. An official said if water level increases, the bridge will be closed again.

Moosarambagh and Chaderghat causeway were closed for traffic on Tuesday.

While Chaderghat causeway was reopened for traffic after a few hours, the restriction continued on the other bridge.

Police said the water level situation at both places on Wednesday morning remained the same as it was on Tuesday.

Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is releasing the water from twin reservoirs following heavy downpour in the catchment areas over the last 2-3 days.

Though rains receded since Tuesday, the reservoirs continued to receive huge inflows from the catchment area.

The national capital has witnessed a record rainfall in September this year with 18 days of light to heavy showers.

However, the complete dry spell for the last three days in the city has put a question mark on the possibility of breaking the September 1944 record of 417.3 mm rainfall.

According to the India Meteorological Department, the city witnessed 4.1 mm rainfall last on September 25. Out of the 18 days, heavy rain was witnessed for four days while on the remaining days it was either light or moderate rain.

Govt to stem heart-attack deaths, says health minister The Goa government has taken an initiative -- STEMI Goa -- to intervene and stem deaths caused by cardiac arrests (heart attacks) which aims at hand holding the recovery to health of those who have survived heart-attacks.

According to Health Minister Vishwajit Rane the initiative of the State government hopes to reduce the number of deaths caused by cardiac arrest.