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Hyderabad: Even before the city could recover completely from the cloudburst that inundated several parts of the city earlier this week, another spell of torrential downpour beat down on the city on Saturday.
Starting at about 4 pm, the rain lashed the city in intensive spells, turning several roads into rivulets, and resulting in severe traffic blocks during the peak hours.
At Amberpet, the Moosarambagh bridge turned into a virtual nightmare, with no outlet for the water to drain. Similar scenes were witnessed at Bapu Nagar of Amberpet, Krishna Nagar in Yousufguda, Moosaram Bagh, Dilsukhnagar, Shivam Rao, Malakpet, P&T Colony and Kodandaram Nagar of Saroornagar, where a nearby nala overflowed due to heavy downpour.
Traffic situation turned from bad to worse on several stretches, including Malakpet, where a traffic gridlock blocked an ambulance for several minutes.
Videos of the ambulance that went viral on social media showed a traffic cop, G Balavardhi, asking people to make way for the ambulance that was caught in heavy traffic which occurred due to the rain. “Much respect to him. Looks like he is on barefoot and completely drenched already,” tweeted Feed The Needy Trust @Feedtheneed8.
In Bapu Nagar, an autorickshaw driver was seen seeking help from bystanders after his vehicle got stuck in knee-deep water in the middle of the road.
The scene was equally bad in the southern parts of the city with areas such as Yakutpura, Alijah Kotla road near Charminar, Mir Alam Mandi and Shalibanda facing severe waterlogging issues.
The downpour left a trail of destruction behind, with several roads being damaged and sewage from overflowing nalas entering several residential areas.
“Several houses in Reddy Brothers lane, P&T Colony and Sheeshala basthi near Saroornagar lake saw sewage entering into the houses. This is the situation in these areas every single time it rains. There has been no respite even after the authorities came for inspection last month after several houses were inundated,” Kota Sai Kumar, member of a resident welfare association in P&T Colony, told TOI.
Weather officials said rains were likely to continue in the city for another two days. On Saturday, the heavy rains saw the Telangana State Development Planning Society’s (TSDPS) weather station near Government Boys High School near Kurmaguda recording the highest rainfall at 104.3 mm, followed by Asmangadh in Malakpet with 92.0 mm rainfall.
Starting at about 4 pm, the rain lashed the city in intensive spells, turning several roads into rivulets, and resulting in severe traffic blocks during the peak hours.
At Amberpet, the Moosarambagh bridge turned into a virtual nightmare, with no outlet for the water to drain. Similar scenes were witnessed at Bapu Nagar of Amberpet, Krishna Nagar in Yousufguda, Moosaram Bagh, Dilsukhnagar, Shivam Rao, Malakpet, P&T Colony and Kodandaram Nagar of Saroornagar, where a nearby nala overflowed due to heavy downpour.
Traffic situation turned from bad to worse on several stretches, including Malakpet, where a traffic gridlock blocked an ambulance for several minutes.
Videos of the ambulance that went viral on social media showed a traffic cop, G Balavardhi, asking people to make way for the ambulance that was caught in heavy traffic which occurred due to the rain. “Much respect to him. Looks like he is on barefoot and completely drenched already,” tweeted Feed The Needy Trust @Feedtheneed8.
In Bapu Nagar, an autorickshaw driver was seen seeking help from bystanders after his vehicle got stuck in knee-deep water in the middle of the road.
The scene was equally bad in the southern parts of the city with areas such as Yakutpura, Alijah Kotla road near Charminar, Mir Alam Mandi and Shalibanda facing severe waterlogging issues.
The downpour left a trail of destruction behind, with several roads being damaged and sewage from overflowing nalas entering several residential areas.
“Several houses in Reddy Brothers lane, P&T Colony and Sheeshala basthi near Saroornagar lake saw sewage entering into the houses. This is the situation in these areas every single time it rains. There has been no respite even after the authorities came for inspection last month after several houses were inundated,” Kota Sai Kumar, member of a resident welfare association in P&T Colony, told TOI.
Weather officials said rains were likely to continue in the city for another two days. On Saturday, the heavy rains saw the Telangana State Development Planning Society’s (TSDPS) weather station near Government Boys High School near Kurmaguda recording the highest rainfall at 104.3 mm, followed by Asmangadh in Malakpet with 92.0 mm rainfall.
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