After the fury of the highest rainfall of this monsoon over the weekend left Hyderabad city battered and inundated, the two Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were bracing for more rains over the next 48 hours. more than 12 cm rain was recorded in Madhapur area of the city in 15 hours.
Indian Meteorological Department in Hyderabad forecast heavy rain under the influence of upper cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal and coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Weather officials said the system was likely to intensify into low pressure causing heavy rains over coastal Andhra.
Sky in Hyderabad was overcast on Sunday evening and daylight was dimmed by the thick black clouds threatening to burst.
Several colonies in and around Hyderabad were inundated after the heavy rains. The city recorded 16 CMs of rains on Friday and Saturday bringing normal life to a halt. The torrential rains damaged the roads washing away the black topping at many places and creating obstacles for the traffic.
As many as 27 main drains across the city were overflowing bringing lots of water into the Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city. As the water crossed the full tank level of 513.53 feet authorities opened its flood gates. Water had stagnated at 395 places. Such was the fury of the thunder storm that it brought down 65 trees.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal corporation commissioner Janardhan Reddy said that 200 emergency teams were deployed to deal with the situation.
Citizen faced a lot of woes specially in the areas where roads were different up for various works including laying of pipelines.
Some flyovers also had to be closed as water had stagnated at their entry points.
Panic spread in Dharani Nagar colony in Kukatpally as toxic froth over flew from a canal of Parkhi Chervu. While local people alleged that the toxic depth was the result of industrial affluents from Jeedimetla area entering the lake the Pollution Control Board officials said that the sewage was causing the problem and they were spraying anti foaming solution.