NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (NNN-PTI) – Heavy rains triggered flooding in several areas of the southern Indian state of Telangana, including its capital city Hyderabad, officials said today.
The incessant rains going on for the past three days, inundated the city and its rural areas.
Streams and rivulets are flowing above the danger mark and breaches have been reported in some areas.
Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao, asked officials to be on high alert in the wake of the flooding.
Reports said, in Jayshankar Bhupalpally district, 10 stranded farmers were rescued by a helicopter of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). The farmers had gone to their fields and got stranded when a stream overflowed in the area.
A truck was washed away in Siddipet and the driver is feared to have drowned, reports said.
Authorities have set up two control rooms in Hyderabad and two choppers have also been deployed for rescue operations.
Meteorological department officials predicted more rains in the next three days.– NNN-PTI
