Hyderabad: Residents of Aljubail Colony near Falaknuma Bridge woke up at around 2.30 am on Wednesday morning to the sound of water rushing into their homes.
Their homes, which hardly receive any supply in their taps at normal times, were flooded with water. The Water Board’s distribution pipeline near Falaknuma Bridge had burst due to pressure and the water continued to gush till 4.30 am when officials closed the valve and repaired the line.
A few families even moved up to their terraces fearing electrocution and came down only after the supply was stopped. A few homes were flooded with knee deep-water.
Abdullah Nambair, a resident of Al Jubail Colony said, “We woke up around 3 am to the sound of water and within seconds we found water gushing into our homes. We live very close to the distribution pipeline. There was knee-deep water in my house and my neighbours’ houses. My computer, washing machine, fridge and music system were all floating. The electricity was cut off and the pressure of water was so much that it was gushing two-stories high.”
Residents said the police was immediately informed and around 7.30 am the Water Board officials reached the spot. Even after closing the valve, water was still leaking and 10 houses were keen-deep in water.
According to Water Board authorities, the subsidiary pipeline running parallel to the big pipeline of Krishna Phase I had burst due to high pressure. .
Vijay Kumar Reddy, general manager (transmission), said, “The valve arrangement lot loosened and water started leaking. Within half-an hour of receiving the alert, officials closed the valve and started repair works.”
