On Wednesday morning, heavy rains hit the Capital City of Telangana that killed at least seven people in two different incidents of wall collapse in Hyderabad. A family of four succumbed to injuries at Ramanthapur in Uppal and another three family members were killed in a building collapse at Bholakpur in Musheerabad.
Victims at Bholakpur were identified as Bilkis Begum (25), her two daughters Zeba and Mariya while the dead in Ramanthapur were Balaswamy, Chinnamma, Parvathy, and Shekar. House collapses, water logging of roads, and inundation of several slums were reported in different parts of the city.
According to the weather broadcast reports, 3-5 cm of rain has been recorded between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. in various parts of the city, till 10 a.m. Hyderabad City Mayor Bontu Rammohan has ordered to take action on the building contractor and rescue the victims of heavy rains.
He has also announced Rs 1 lakh exgratia for the families of deceased. GHMC Commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy instructed all the deputy commissioners, engineers, and others to move into the fields and take up emergency operations.
The areas affected include Nampally, Medicity Hospital, Adikmet flyover, Tilak Nagar Railway Bridge, Allagadabavi, Chilkalguda, Road No 10 Banjara Hills, KCP Junction, Afzal Gunj, ST. Anns School, Fever Hospital, Tolichowki X Road, Begum Bazar L&O PS, Nalgonda X road, AY Mandali, Panjagutta, Nagarjuna Circle.