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Rains in Kamareddy and Medak caused flash floods, disrupting Hyderabad connectivity, submerging towns, killing Vinay, and prompting SDRF rescues of over 500 stranded people.
Commuters during rainfall, in the Old City of Hyderabad, Telangana. (File/PTI)
Torrential rains in Telangana’s Kamareddy and Medak districts on Wednesday triggered flash floods, submerging several towns and villages and disrupting road and rail connectivity between Hyderabad and Kamareddy.
Flood water from overflowing rivulets, streams and lakes flooded highways, railway tracks, residential areas in towns and villages, trapping several people.
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Farmers and workers were caught in overflowing streams at a few places and were waiting to be rescued. People in a few marooned villages have taken shelter on rooftops.
Pocharam reservoir in Nagireddypet mandal on the border between Nizamabad and Medak districts was overflowing, posing a flood threat to nearby areas. According to the officials, the reservoir received massive inflows from upstream due to heavy rains since Tuesday night, news agency IANS reported.
The reservoir was overflowing by about eight feet. About 1.30 lakh cusecs were flowing above the reservoir. This has inundated the Medak-Yellareddy highway, bringing the vehicular traffic to a halt.
A farmer went missing, and five others were trapped in Upper Maneru near Gambhiraopet in Rajanna Sircilla district. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar spoke to one of the trapped persons over the phone and assured full support to rescue them.
The five men had gone to graze cattle but were stranded in floods. Rescue efforts were intensified with the deployment of a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team, while immediate food support was ensured through drone delivery.
A physician died in a wall collapse in Kamareddy district. The deceased was identified as Vinay.
Authorities halted traffic between Hyderabad and Nizamabad after floodwaters overflowed National Highway 44 at Narsingi in Medak district, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded.
The flood water submerged the tracks on the Bhiknur-Talmadla section and the Akanpet-Medak section of Hyderabad Division, disrupting rail traffic between Hyderabad and Nizamabad. South Central Railway cancelled, partially cancelled or diverted some trains.
People in Komattipalli village in Lingampeta mandal of Kamareddy district climbed on rooftops. An ex-serviceman sent a video appealing to authorities to rescue people.
Pedda Cheruvu Lake in Bibipet mandal of Kamareddy district was also overflowing, inundating crops over a large area.
Very heavy rains have lashed Kamareddy and Medak districts since Tuesday night.
Rajampet in Kamareddy district received record rainfall of 41.83 cm between 8.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to the Telangana Development Planning Society, Kamareddy received 28 cm of rainfall. Havelighanpur in Medak district recorded 26.13 cm of rainfall. Bhiknoor in Kamareddy district received 23.8 cm of rainfall.
Twenty other places in Medak, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Rajanna Sircilla and Siddipet districts recorded rainfall between 11.65 and 20.20 cm.
According to Arvind Kumar, Special Chief Secretary, Disaster Management, more than 30 cm of rainfall was received in Kamareddy and Medak districts during the last 24 hours.
The state government said 504 persons were rescued by the SDRF and Fire Services department from flood-hit areas in Kamareddy and Medak districts
Nine people stranded on a tanker in a stream at the Boggugudise village in Yellareddy mandal were rescued by SDRF and police.
(With inputs from IANS)
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