Accordingly after a brief lull, heavy rain lashed parts of Hyderabad city on Thursday, resulting in water logging and traffic jams. As per report, Attapur, Gachibowli, Hitec city, Madhapur, Punjagutta and some parts of Secunderabad witnessed showers, with the average rainfall being recorded at 4.7 mm up to 7:30 pm. Meanwhile in areas like Hitex, commuters faced a tough time heading back home, as there was ankle deep water logging on the road.
Moreover the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) said that it immediately its monsoon emergency squads. Furthermore, the rains brought down the temperature in the city. Many users also took to social media and the Hyderabad office of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had said that Telangana would continue to receive light to moderate rain or thundershowers.
Previously, pointing
out that most of the roads in the city were being damaged due to rainfall,
Hyderabad Mayor Dr B Rammohan directed the Engineering Wing of the GHMC to take
up the works pertaining to potholes immediately by deploying additional labor
and teams wherever necessary. Further the Mayor stated that though re-carpeting
of roads had been taken up before the monsoon, the roads were getting damaged
due to continuous rains, which has inconvenienced a lot of citizens.
