Hyderabad: Heavy rains triggered by low pressure at Bay of Bengal cut the road and the highway to Hyderabad and dropped the bridge under construction, even when three people died after they were swept away with a flood circling.
With 40 cm rainfall sinking Telangana’s big plots in 24 hours, authorities said highways from districts such as Rajanna Sircilla, Warangal, Siddipet, Karimnagar were underwater, making local commuters and machines helpless.
The low pressure area marked properly on the middle of the Bengal Bay triggered massive rainfall, forcing Rajanna Sircilla District collector to declare a local holiday for all educational institutions on Tuesday.
Satavahana University delays all the exam scheduled on Tuesday remembering heavy rain.
Chief of Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao ordered the Secretary of the Chief of Somesh Kumar and all district collectors to take for aid and rescue operations on the war footing.
Rajanna Sircilla woke up with a flood after 70 percent of the district walked under water.
The bridge under construction collapsed in Vemulawada during the rain, officials said.
Overall, RS 28 Crore was spent on the construction of this bridge in Mulavagu.
14 places in all districts getting heavy rain 20cm, a seven-year-old girl was swept away in Bhadradri District Kothagudem, a 47-year-old man, K.
Gangamallu and his seven-year-old son, K Harshavardhan suffered the same fate when they returned home on two wheels on Gollapalli Mandal.
A pregnant woman saved at Sircilla.
The lake borders the Sirya highway overflowing causing disaster in neighboring areas.
Rainwater also enters the newly built collector’s office.
Collector Sirya Anurag Jayanti and SP Rahul Hegde visited the affected areas and supervised assistance work.
“210 people were evacuated by the NDRF team by deploying ships …” Hegde said.
Overall, 14 places in Warangal Rural, Karimnagar, Bhupalpally, Warangal Urban, Sircilla, Mulitu and Bhadradri-Kothagudem recorded a very heavy rainfall above 20 cm.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad witnessed only light rain even because the maximum temperature was dipped in 26C, around 5C below normal.
“The intensity of the rain for subside’imd, Hyderabad estimates that the intensity of rainfall will subside for the next few days because the low pressure area moves north and northwest to the Vidarbha area.
However, light rain to moderate will continue in many districts.