People wade along the flooded Karkhana Road after heavy rains.
Fifteen people have died in Hyderabad in rain-related incidents, following incessant rains that hit the city and different parts of Telangana, causing flooding on roads and flooding in some low-lying areas.
People were advised to stay indoors for the next two days as more rains are expected in the state.
The Telangana government has declared holidays on Wednesday and Thursday for all private institutions, offices and non-essential services within the Outer Ring Road here in light of the rains.
The doors of the Himayatsagar were opened after a breach of nearly a decade after heavy rains, in Hyderabad. (PTI)
The meteorological department, in its latest forecast, valid from 8.30 a.m. M. From October 14 until 8.30 a.m. M. From October 15, has forecast heavy to very heavy rains in isolated locations over Telangana.
Hyderabad has received 20 cm rain in the last 24 hours.
Durgam Cheruvu cable bridge submerged with flood water after heavy rain. (PTI)
The Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, KT Rama Rao, and the Minister of Livestock, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, held an emergency meeting with senior officials and reviewed rescue and relief operations in the city.
Motorcyclists cross the flooded street of the Mahboob Mansion market after heavy rains. (PTI)
Interior Minister Amit Shah said that the Interior Ministry is closely monitoring the situation in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the heavy rains and that the central government will provide all possible assistance to the two states.
A road collapsed following on Gaganpahad-Shamshabad Road near Hyderabad. (PTI)
The Army is involved in rescue and relief operations in parts of the city affected by the fury of the rain and the deluge together with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and evacuated several abandoned people.
Army personnel launched relief and rescue columns in the event of flooding in the Bandlaguda area following a state government requisition, according to a Defense statement.
A rescue operation is underway for locals to move them to safer locations after heavy rains, in the Al Jubail colony in Hyderabad. (PTI)
The NDRF said it evacuated more than 1,000 people from flooded areas in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts.
Several trees and utility poles were uprooted due to the flood. Power supply was suspended in most of the state capital as a precautionary measure.
Flood water flows down a street after heavy rains, in Falaknuma in Hyderabad. (PTI)
The rains were triggered by a deep depression over the west-central Bay of Bengal that led to heavy rains in several districts of Telangana, according to the meteorological department.
The depression over western parts of Telangana, the meteorological department forecast, will move to the west northwest and gradually weaken into a well-marked, low-pressure area over the next 12 hours.
(With contributions from the agency)
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