Inundation spectre continues to haunt city

No lessons have been learnt from the destruction caused by rains last year

Water logging and inundation of several areas in the city following heavy rain on Wednesday evening and early hours of Thursday were proof enough that no lessons have been learnt from the destruction caused by rains in October last. Videos circulating in social media showed roads turning into streams and vehicles wading through them at multiple locations, especially towards the Eastern, Western and South-Western parts of the city. “So we have rivulets and ponds all across Jubilee Hills, Madhapur and Hitec City tonight. Some look quite dangerous. Exercise extreme caution while getting around in #Hyderabad tonight,” alerted a tweet by one Ashish Chowdhury late on Wednesday night. Several residents of Tolichowki posted videos of rainwater settling knee-deep on the road, while in locations such as Banjara Hills and Madhapur too vehicle riders had to get down and push their two-wheelers wading through the flood water. Kapra, which received the highest rainfall, saw several localities water logged. Reports came from Secunderabad, Warasiguda and Lakshminarayan Nagar too about water logging.