Hyderabad: Amid insinuations on social media that Hyderabad would face a worse fate than water-starved Bengaluru in the summer, the Water Board clarified that there was no comparison between the two.
HMWSSB puts in place arrangements for emergency pumping of water thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hyderabad: As the water crisis deepens in Telangana, with just 11 TMC (Thousand Million Cubic feet) remaining in the Sripada Yellampalli project, besides
Heavy rains fill major reservoirs in Godavari basin to brim thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Telangana Floods: At least six persons lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours in Telangana as the state continued to see heavy downpour leading to inundation of low-lying areas and damage to roads and agricultural crops. All-time rainfall records were broken in Telangana with 649mm of rain pummelling the remote Venkatapur mandal in Mulugu district from July 26 till 8am on July 27. Two IAF helicopters, NDRF and fire services personnel were swung into action to rescue over 1,900 residents from Moranchapalli village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district. As many as 3,300 people have been shifted to relief centres in Bhadradri Kothagudem district as the overflowing Godavari flooded low-lying areas. Hundreds of people caught in the floodwaters in several districts were shifted to safer places by various agencies.