The rain that has been lashing the district for the past three has left lasting memories for people with its fury. Roads have turned into rivulets and drains are overflowing inundating everything in sight.
On Friday, police and municipal personnel swung into action restricting people from moving on the roads that turned dangerous and police rope parties were seen bringing out people from the houses that were submerged. The flood waters washed away the belongings of the poor living in low lying areas. The rain did not spare even those living in palatial buildings and apartments. Their woes make a long list - no power and drinking water shortage.
The wrath brought by the heavy downpour for the third day consecutively is beyond imagination. The rain that was supposed to be spread over two months just fell in two days.
The normal rainfall for the month was 135.8 mm but on Wednesday and Thursday, a total of 201.1 mm rainfall was recorded that just not only filled the sprawling tanks but breached them across the district.
Speaking to The Hindu , district Collector V Karuna expressed shock at the enormity of rainfall. She said the entire administration is on its toes trying to salvage the situation.
“Right from the village level, our officials are on duty round the clock. We are keeping a vigil on the village tanks. Special cells were opened up at mandal, division and district level to reach out to people in distress,” she said.
According to irrigation officials, over 30 tanks breached across the district. There are 5,250 tanks in the district. By Thursday night, 80 mm rainfall was recorded at Nallebelli mandal, 39.9 mm in Hanamkonda, 60.8 mm in Shayampet mandal, 25.6 mm in Bhupalpally, 21.1 mm in Mangapet mandal, and 25.4 in Maddur.
The latest up to Friday evening is yet to be computed. The rain in several parts continued when this report was being filed.
Collector V Karuna, City Police Commissioner G Sudheer Babu, SP AK Jha, Municipal Commissioner Surfaraz Ahmed and other officials went round the colonies in district headquarters helping people come out of their submerged houses.
Scores of people from SR Nagar, Sammaiah Nagar, Waddepalli, Vidyanagar, Ramnagar and several other colonies were shifted to nearby function halls, which were converted into temporary rehabilitation centres.
Many NGOs pitched in distributing food packets to people.
