Hyderabad: The weather department has warned of heavy rainfall up to September 17 in the state. Apart from the vigorous monsoon, the rain is being caused by a low pressure area over Telangana state.
Mamidipalle of Saroornagar received 93.25 mm (9 cm) of rain followed by Narayanguda at 9 cm and Uppal, 8 cm. The downpour that began on Wednesday night petered out to a persistent drizzle on Thursday morning in time for Ganesh immersion festivities.
Elsewhere in the state, Chevella recorded 14 cm, Vikarabad and Saroornagar 9 cm and Banswada (Nizamabad), 8 cm rainfall. A house collapsed near Saab Khan Masjid, GM Chowni, injuring two persons. An old structure at Charminar, near Fateh Darwaja Maharaja Palace galli, collapsed. No one was injured.
The GHMC chief ordered staff to evacuate occupants of dilapidated buildings; over 19 old structures were pulled down on Thursday. A 15-metre portion of the NIMS hospital compound wall at Dwarakapuri collapsed, while a huge boulder came crashing down on a car parked at Jubilee Hills Road No. 45.
Owing to the downpour on Wednesday night, an 11-KV Chaitanyapuri feeder line at fruit market, Dilsukhnagar, broke down. Two electric poles were damaged at Satayanarayana. Colonies and roads turned into drains on Wednesday night. The Kapra nala overflowed while the nala of Mothukula kunta flowed through Venkateshwara Colony washing away the sand bags laid by the lakes division. GHMC’s monsoon team reset the bags and removed garbage.
According to water board authorities, about 0.35 TMC water was received at Osmansagar and 0.1 TMC at Himayatsagar. Water level was 1764.65 feet at Osmansagar and 1730.40 at Himayatsagar. Singur has 7.5 tmc ft of water and is likely to touch 8.5 tmc ft by September 16 due to inflows.
