Army has taken over relief operations in rain ravaged parts of Hyderabad

24 September, Hyderabad

In Telangana, Army has taken over the relief operations in the rain ravaged parts of Hyderabad. Four columns of army personnel and a team of the National Disaster Response Force have began relief operations in the rain ravaged Hyderabad.

The forces have been moved to Nizampet, Hakimpet, Alwal and Begumpet in the capital city. Several residential colonies are under a sheet of water for the past four days following incessant rains.

Colonel Vasista, Commanding Officer is visiting various affected places and localities to assess the relief required. The forces are deployed along with boats, all kinds of relief operations, food and medicines.

Meanwhile, met officials warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur at many places across the state today. The authorities are considering to evacuate more vulnerable places to avoid any untoward incident.

Meanwhile, the irrigation projects across the state are getting heavy inflows due to heavy rains in the catchment areas.

After many years, almost all reservoirs on River Krishna and Godavari have reached to Full Capacity. As a result heavy inflows are being released downstream from Singur, Kaddem, Sriram Sagar, Ellempalli, Musi, and Pulichintala projects in the state.