Heavy rain in Hyderabad, on July 20, has left several areas stranded in flood water in localities such as Nagole, Rajendranagar and Qutbullahpur.
The damage is more in colonies closer to water bodies, due to either lakes overflowing or insufficiency of the surplus canals. GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose, together with senior officials inspected the IDL Lake which has flooded low lying areas in Moosapet.
Officials explained that sluice gates were opened as a precautionary measure, yet two days of continuous rain has increased the water levels in the lake, and due to encroachments on the surplus canal, the flood water escaped and inundated the colonies.
