With no respite from rain and floods in sight, the Telangana Government formally sought the assistance from the Army on Friday.
State Chief Secretry Rajiv Sharma on Friday wrote a letter to the sub area commander Col GGMU Rao seeking the Army’s help in providing relief to the people stuck in flooded areas.
The letter requested for Army’s help from tonight till the weather condition returns to normalcy.
A control room with the top officials of various department was also opened in the city to coordinate with the Army. The control room will be manned by Disaster Management officer of GHMC Executive Engineer Srinivas Reddy, Town Planning Officer Pradip, Chief Engineer, GHMC, Subhash Singh, and nodal officer of National Disaster Management Authority Badrinath.