Skies poured down on the city for hours on Thursday, turning streets into streams, residential areas into lakes and roads into virtual mayhem.
What continued for the past three days as drizzle turned into heavy rain on Thursday, throwing the whole city off the gear. Initially, the downpour hit Northern and part of the Central city during early hours, recording a maximum of 9 cm rainfall at Miyapur.
Morning commuters experienced traumatic hours caught in traffic gridlocks everywhere, more so in Serilingampally, where heavy water logging closed the RUB for the vehicles. Slow traffic was reported from other areas such as Rasoolpura, Begumpet, Mehdipatnam, Khairatabad, Madhapur, Gachibowli and other stretches.
