Hyderabad rains: Civic body starts removing debris

The emergency teams of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) have started removing debris and other waste material accumulated on the roads following a heavy downpour in the city, the civic body said here today.
GHMC Commissioner B Janardhan Reddy asked the engineering staff to take road repair works on a war footing, it said.
The teams are working "24x7" to remove the debris and other waste material from the roads, the GHMC said in a release.
Three people were killed in rain-related incidents in the city on Monday as different areas received around 10 cm of rainfall in a few hours.

The heavy rainfall led to the flooding in several low- lying areas while water entered the houses in many places.
The Meteorological department warned that thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds is likely to occur tomorrow at isolated places in all the districts of Telangana.

"Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds very likely to occur at isolated places in all the districts of Telangana," it said.
The city did not receive heavy rainfall during the day today.
The GHMC has conducted medical camps at 28 places and the entomology wing of the civic body took up anti-larva operations at different places to check mosquito menace, the MeT department said.

The GHMC continued its drive to make residents of the dilapidated buildings to vacate the premises.
The civic body yesterday said it had demolished 1,140 out of the 2,182 dilapidated structures in the last six months, and issued notices to owners and occupants of the remaining buildings.
'Caution notices' have been pasted, asking occupants to vacate, on 'most dangerous' premises.
State Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao yesterday held a meeting with officials and directed that steps be taken to drain out water and clear choked drains.
He also asked them to take up the issue of repair of roads.

Rao had told them to remain on alert for a couple of days in view of the forecast of heavy rains by the MeT department.