It was yet another day of heavy rains, flodding and massive traffic jams in Hyderabad as the city and its surrounding recorded three cms of rains in just two hours on Thursday afternoon.
A day after the city was pounded by a record breaking 16 cms of rains in few hours brought many areas of Hyderabad under water and forced the authorities to shift more than 500 families to safer places, normalcy was yet to return. The electricity could not be restored so far in Nizampet colony. Heavy pumps were deployed to remove the flood waters from Bandaru layout colony in Nizampet.
Rain related mishaps have claimed three lives in the city and scores of others were injured. People living in ground floor of many colonies and multi storied complexes were forced to flee in panic and take shelter in the upper floors.
The floods in the “Chemical Drain” which brings the industrial pollutants and effluents from industries in city suburbs to Hussain Sagar have added to the woes of the people. Froth caused by chemicals had accumulated at many places and the people coming in touch with the froth and polluted water have complained of rashes on skin and burning.
Hyderabad Meteorological Center said that the low pressure area over West Central Bay of Bengal was causing the incessant rains. It warned of more rains over Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over the next two days.
Thursday’s rains covered almost entire city from Jedimetnla Balanagar at one end to Santoshnagar and Nagole at the other.