Hyderabad rains reduce; NDRF, Army remain on standby

Continuous rains have wreaked havoc in Hyderabad and the neighboring districts of Telangana. On Saturday, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao monitored the situation. He has instructed the officials to take special care to prevent spread of communicable diseases.

According to media reports, a 60-member National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team has been kept on standby in Hyderabad for necessary rescue operations. Moreover, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and some NGOs in the region are offering essential food items for the affected.

Several low lying areas have been inundated in Hyderabad and adjoining areas. This is due to continuous rains for the last few days. In fact, Hyderabad has received very good showers throughout the month of September.

In a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Saturday Hyderabad received just 17.2 mm of rainfall. Nevertheless, on Sunday some of the low lying areas in Hyderabad remained cut off from the rest of the city. In Telangana, Ramagundam also received 42 mm of rainfall and Nizamabad 21.4 mm.

Looking at the rainfall figures we could say that rainfall has reduced in Hyderabad. This is because the low pressure area over Vidarbha and adjoining North Telangana region is weakening now. Therefore, rainfall activities will reduce over most parts of Telangana as well as Hyderabad.

Mainly light rainfall is likely over Hyderabad during next for 24 hours.