The heavy rain that lashed the city in the last 24 hours resulted in the familiar consequences. Several roads were inundated and trees got uprooted on Tuesday. And despite the roads being heavily carpeted in view of the CoP-11 meet, the newly-laid black-top on many roads got washed away.
The highest, 3 cm rain was recorded at Qutbullapur in the city till 8.30 am on Tuesday. However, luckily for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) authorities, there were no major traffic snarls on the roads due to heavy rains in view of Tuesday being a public holiday on account of Gandhi Jayanti. However, that did not stop the incidents of water logging, which were reported at police control room in Basheerbagh, Assembly, near Gandhi Bhavan, Retibowli, Gunfoundry, Sangeet junction, Ameerpet, Erragadda, Punjgutta, Mytrivanam, Khairtabad, Necklace Road, Somajiguda, Musheerabad, Tarnaka, Begumpet, Vijayanagar colony, Yousfuguda, Tolichowki, Lothukunta, Jambagh, Narayanguda, Ashoknagar and MJ Market. In some locations like Assembly and police control room, the central emergency teams pumped out water with motors. Official sources said the rain water receded at many locations without their intervention.
Though there were no major traffic jams due to water stagnation, the traffic came to a halt due to uprooted trees at various places. Trees were uprooted at Baghlingampally near Ambedkar College and Niloufer Hospital, Red Hills, Mehdipatnam, near Murali Mohan film actor’s house at Film Nagar, Langar Houz, Banjara Hills Road No 7 and near Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) office at Mettuguda.
Many roads that were recarpeted for Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CoP-11) were worn out due to drizzle since Sunday night. Officials fear that if the rain continues for another 24 hours, the roads are likely to get further damaged and they need to be recarpeted again. Meanwhile, several citizens complained that except the central emergency cell at Red Hills no other zonal emergency cells attended calls on Monday night and Tuesday due to holiday on account of Gandhi Jayanthi. With rains lashing the city for the past two days, the emergency cells were supposed to work 24 hours. When contacted, GHMC chief engineer K Suresh Kumar said the engineering staff have attended the problems immediately. “There were no major water logging and inundation in the city as rainfall recorded was below 3 cms” he said.
–Courtesy: Timesofindia
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