Visuals | Heavy Rains Cause Kilometres-Long Traffic Jams, Power Cuts In Hyderabad

Heavy rain and thunderstorm lashed Hyderabad and several other parts of Telangana on Tuesday, throwing life out of gear. The downpour led to waterlogging on roads in several places in Hyderabad, leading to disruption in electricity supply and traffic snarls. Several trees were also uprooted due to strong winds.

As many as seven persons, including a four-year-old child, were killed when a retaining wall at an under-construction apartment crashed due to heavy showers in Bachupally area of the city.

According to Bachupally police, the deceased were migrant workers who belonged to Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Their bodies were recovered early on Wednesday from under the debris using an excavator.

The heavy rain, which lasted for nearly an hour, inundated the roads in a few areas, throwing vehicular traffic out of gear. Several kilometre-long traffic jams were seen in central Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Madhapur and Gachibowli.

Traffic congestion was also seen from the Raidurgam Biodiversity junction to IKEA and other stretches on the IT corridor.

The DRF (Disaster Relief Force) teams were deployed and were clearing water stagnation and fallen trees in various places in the city, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials said.

According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society, the location of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) head office received the highest rainfall of 84.5 mm rainfall during 8.30 am and 6 pm on Tuesday.

Principal Secretary (Municipal Administration and Urban Development) Danakishore along with GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose visited various waterlogging points areas and gave instructions to DRF teams on the ground in the city.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who reviewed the situation from Warangal where he was campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, also directed officials to take steps to drain out the water on the roads and to resume the electricity supply.

(With PTI Inputs)

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