October 15, 2020 12:02:12 pm
Buildings and vehicles lie partially submerged in floods after heavy rains at Falaknuma in Hyderabad. (PTI photo)
Heavy rains that hit Hyderabad on Tuesday plunged many parts of the city into darkness, and power supplies have yet to be restored in several areas even after 48 hours. Several residents took to Twitter Thursday morning to complain about the lack of response from ground officials.
Following unprecedented rains that caused low-lying areas to flood, death and serious damage, a two-day holiday was declared for all government offices, private institutions, including banks and financial institutions, across the state for Wednesday and Thursday. In a tweet, reporting on the holidays, Senior Municipal Administration Secretary Arvind Kumar asked people to stay indoors and not venture outside unless it was an emergency and to work from home.
@TsspdclCorporat sir, i am a consumer of bapuji nagar, candle cologne. Now the water level has dropped and the rains have also stopped. When will the power be reset? Many problems, the engine cannot be started, there is no water in the water tank. Restore electricity.
– Ranjan Bhatnagar (@BhatnagarRanjan) October 15, 2020
However, people also complained about the lack of broadband internet connectivity. Officials cited uprooted trees and utility poles, fallen branches and waterlogging.
The official Twitter handle for Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (@TsspdclCorporat) was inundated with tweets recording complaints and a lack of response on the ground. Many pointed out that the rains have subsided and questioned the delay in restoring power.
@TsspdclCorporat @KTRTRS @TimesNow @Paul_Oommen our metropolitan area suffers from a continuous power crisis since Tuesday night (36 hours). while power is required for the basic need of pumping water etc., various complaints were made to the authority, but there is still no response.
– Ajoy Thomas (@thomas_ajoy) October 15, 2020
During a review meeting on the energy situation in the state after the incessant rains and floods, TS Genco and Transco CMD Devulapalli Prabhakar told Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao that a large number of transformers were washed away by the heavy rains.
“In several places, the poles were torn or bent and the power transmission cables were broken. The intensity of the rains and floods has not yet abated. Employees cannot reach flooded areas. The power outage was made necessary when rainwater flooded the basements of apartments in Hyderabad and other cities. The power supply was interrupted to avoid accidents and as a precautionary measure. The power supply resets depending on the prevailing situation. Employees and staff are coming to the places where they can and are doing restoration work, ”Prabhakar was quoted in a CMO statement, as he explained to CM. Rao ordered the electrical employees to continue their spirit of hard work through adversity until normalcy was restored.
@KTRTRS @KTRTRS Good morning Mr. KTR, I am from the Towlichowki neighborhood of Brindavan. We have been out of power for the last 36 hours, and we have been following up with the department in various ways and no one is responding. Ask them to help us solve our problem, 🙏
– Sadat (@ Sadat38042282) October 14, 2020
Tuesday Flood Hyderabad’s highest rainfall in October since 1891: IMD
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi oversees rescue work in Chandrangutta, Hyderabad, on October 14 (Photo: PTI)
The director in charge of the IMD Hyderabad center, K Nagarathna, said that the 19.2 cm precipitation recorded at IMD’s Begumpet Observatory on October 14 was the highest precipitation recorded in Hyderabad in October since 1891. The previous highest for this observatory in October was 9.8 cm.
Meanwhile, data shared by the Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS) which has 1,044 automated weather stations (AWS) across the state, the highest rainfall of 32.5 cm was recorded in Ghatkesar District of Medchal Malkajgiri until 6 am on Wednesday. Up to 40 other AWS locations reported between 8 and 12 inches of rain. Another 268 locations across the state reported more than 10 cm of rain. In Greater Hyderabad, the highest rainfall of 29 cm was recorded at Hayathnagar. 27 locations had more than 20 cm of rain and 102 other locations had more than 10 cm of rain as of 6 a.m. Wednesday.
The sudden heavy to very heavy rains were triggered by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal that hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh and advanced towards Telangana as it weakened into a depression.
@TsspdclCorporat Broken pole in Reddy Enclave, its almost 40 hours has not attended to resolve and there is no power in Reddy Enclave Alwal from Tuesday afternoon 4:00 pm onwards. pic.twitter.com/nLx4oxeQRd
– Kalidindi Srinivas Varma (KSV) (@ Varmaloksatta1) October 15, 2020
KCR will review floods today
A bus damaged after a road collapsed following incessant rains across the state, on Gaganpahad-Shamshabad Road near Hyderabad on Wednesday. (PTI)
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will hold a high-level emergency meeting on Thursday to review the situation in the state after heavy rains and floods. The officials will discuss the response measures taken so far and which will begin later.
The CM has asked all officials involved to come prepared for the meeting, as the state government must submit a report to the Center on losses caused by heavy rains and flash floods in the state, according to a CMO statement on Thursday. Morning.
“The CM has instructed officials to present details on the losses suffered in their respective departments due to heavy rains and floods. The review meeting will also discuss the rehabilitation measures taken, the additional measures that will be taken and the issues that will be mentioned in the Report that will be presented to the Center ”, he said.
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