Hyderabad: Severe downpours lashing different parts of Telangana since Tuesday have taken 30 lives, including 19 for Greater Hyderabad.
The downpours, under the effect of a profound depression that crossed the Andhra coast on Tuesday, set off flash floods in the state capital and a few regions.
The incredibly weighty rainfall caused a deluge in Hyderabad and its rural areas. At the very least 19 individuals passed away in downpour related episodes while four others were all the while missing.
The perpetual downpours brought about overflowing of lakes, tanks, rivulets and streams, the immersion of low-lying territories and disturbance of street transport in Hyderabad.
The Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) accompanied the rescue and relief work in the most awful hit territories. Boats were dispatched to clear individuals abandoned in immersed zones while two helicopters were kept for backup for the rescue tasks.
In Hyderabad, nine individuals killed when a wall collapsed late Tuesday in Bandlaguda territory. Ten individuals were killed in different occurrences like drowning and also due to electricity.
Three individuals have washed away in rising waters in Gaganpahad territory on the city outskirts.
Two individuals including a woman were killed in Al-Jubail state in Chandrayangutta. Another fell a victim to the rainfall in Gazi-e-Millat colony.
A doctor passed away due to being electrocuted in Banjara Hills while attempting to remove out water from the basement of his apparent building.
In another occurrence, a three-year-old kid had drowned in water which had entered the basement of a building in Dilsukhnagar.
Three individuals passed away in an episode of house collapse in Nagarkurnool area.
Three people, including an 11-year-old kid, were washed away in Yadadri-Bhongir region.
Two women have washed away when the travellers of a bus of state-possessed Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), stuck in a flooding stream among Kothagudem and Pochampally, were being rescued. The authorities protected more than 30 travellers.
Two individuals were washed away in Mashamma Vagu of Wanaparthy region.
Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao would hold a gathering with ministers and authorities on Thursday evening on the downpour relief measures. State chief secretary Somesh Kumar disclosed to P T I that the relief groups were operating on Thursday to draw out water from regions where water stagnation was informed, to help the residents there and to re-establish regular traffic.
The state chief secretary stated that 61 relief centres were in-operation and that more were being included in any place needed.
