After yet another night of heavy rains in Hyderabad, the flood situation has gone from bad to worse. The city received heavy rainfall in the last week inundating several part of the city, with the latest spell being on Saturday night.
PTI reported official data as saying Singapur Township in Medchal Malkajgiri district received 157.3 mm of rainfall, followed by 153 mm of rain at Bandlaguda near Uppal in the city. Several other areas in the city also witnessed heavy rain.
According to government data the heavy rains have killed at least 50 people and the cost of destruction from the rains is likely to be around Rs 5,000 crore.
Twitter was abuzz on Sunday morning with photos from the city that showed the extent of the devastation caused by the rains.
Breaking News : Dangerous Situation In #Hyderabad#HyderabadRainspic.twitter.com/AKaYGCgpoP
— Mohd Arshad (@Arsh25119) October 17, 2020
#HyderabadRains : Salute to everyone who is doing their best to help each other in #Hyderabad 👏👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/tgclL1AG91
— Anusha Puppala (@anusha_puppala) October 17, 2020
Visuals from last night #HyderabadRainspic.twitter.com/74gDN2Gwpk
— Rahul Devulapalli (@rahulscribe) October 18, 2020
Rajendranagar Police rescues eight persons including three kids who got stuck in heavy floods in Musi river #HyderabadRains#HyderabadFloodspic.twitter.com/g3Oy1Mof1I
— Sudhakar Udumula (@sudhakarudumula) October 16, 2020
Ya allah plz sabki hifazat farmaye.. Guys please take care of your close ones
— Farhan Siddiqui (@fsid12341) October 18, 2020
Location=Yakutpura
Date=18th october#Hyderabadrains#hyderabadfloodspic.twitter.com/AADFTGyJSV
People also took to Twitter to question the government on why the city was flooded because of one week of rain.
Twitter users criticised the ruling TRS and chief minister KCR for being unprepared for this kind of a calamity, and also blamed poor city planning for the situation.
You can't really blame NATURE for #HyderabadFloods &