Hyderabad: Pre-monsoon showers brought Hyderabad to a standstill on Friday with roads being waterlogged and colonies inundated. Just 2.3 cm of rainfall over two hours was enough to halt the city, putting a question mark on the 81 emergency teams launched by the civic body as part of monsoon preparedness.
Even as GHMC officials stated that the city was prepared for the monsoons, the flooded roads and overflowing drains depicted a different picture.
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Streets were waterlogged at Bible House, AS Rao Nagar, Kavadiguada, Neredmet, Jubilee checkpost, Jubilee Bus Stand, LIC Colony-West Maredpally, Trimulgherry, Toli Chowki and several other low-lying areas. In fact, a few cars and motorcycles went under water at Vanasthalipuram and LB Nagar.
Traffic came to a halt in Malakpet, Nalagonda crossroads, Saidabad, Saroornagar, RK Puram, Amberpet, Ameerpet, JNTU junction, Chenamber, Mehdipatnam and Tarnaka due to waterlogging.
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Vehicles coming from Miyapur, Kukatpally and Yusufguda were stranded for over half-an-hour in the evening. The usually busy Begumpet road was cramped with the traffic bottleneck starting from Somajiguda flyover till Paradise. In Secunderabad, an RTC bus got stuck in an overflowing manhole.
Several colonies in Dilsukhnagar, Malakpet, Akbarbagh, Old Malakpet, Kaladera, Malakpet Railway bridge, Saidabad, Saroornagar, Mayuri Marg, Shamlal building, Karkhana, Ameerpet, Jillelaguda, Kottapet, Badangpet and other low lying areas were inundated, including the RUB near the Secunderabad station. A slight increase in the water level of Hussainsagar was noted. Hayatnagar and National Police Academy substations tripped resulting in power cuts.
