The first spell of heavy rains that started on Saturday afternoon brought Hyderabad to a standstill, leaving almost all roads and low-lying areas waterlogged.
Multiple spells of heavy rains disrupted normal life in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad on Saturday.
The first spell of heavy rains that started on Saturday afternoon brought the city to a standstill, leaving almost all roads and low-lying areas waterlogged.
Although there was thin traffic on many roads because of the weekend, hundreds of vehicles were stranded on roads, setting off massive traffic jams.
The GHMC's claims of having cleaned up storm water drains proved wrong when several localities witnessed water-logging.
The condition in low-lying areas like Talab Katta, Aman Nagar and Afsal Sagar was much worse. Water entered houses in several low-lying areas both in the new and the Old city.
Rains have badly hit the weekend shopping spirit. Not many people came out of their houses, fearing more spells of rains.
Sales for Eid were also hit, with people preferring to stay in. Unusually, the Madina-Charminar stretch had more sellers than buyers due to rains.
Heavy traffic jams were reported from Lakdikapul, Khairatabad X-Roads, Somajiguda, Punjagutta, S R Nagar, Uppal, Ramanthapur, Kukatpally, Afzalgunj, Secunderabad, Mehdipatnam, Masab Tank and almost all other major roads.
The Met department has issued a heavy rainfall warning for many areas in the state. Isolated heavy to very heavy rain may occur in the districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam of Coastal Andhra Pradesh during next 48 hours.
Isolated heavy rain may also occur over Telangana, Rayalaseema and in the remaining districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh during the same period.
For Hyderabad, the Met department has predicted more rain or thundershowers during the next 48 hours.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32 and 22 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Heavy rainfall has been recorded at several places in the state. While rainfall of 18 cm was recorded at Sattenaplli in Guntur, Polavaram in West Godavari received 15 cm of rainfall, and Macherla got 13 cm of rainfall.
Moderate to heavy rain or thundershowers might occur at most places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and at many places over Telangana and Rayalaseema, according to the Met Department. (INN)