Hyderabad: Light rainfall on Monday has exposed the poor state of the city nalas. A few minutes’ rain saw water-flow being severely hit at many points across the city. Water stagnation or flooding was heavy at Ranigunj, causing serious inconvenience to commuters travelling between Patny Centre and Ranigunj.
An hour-long traffic jam was reported at Ranigunj during the day. Corporation authorities alerted disaster response force (DRF) teams. They came in and cleared several bottlenecks at Ranigunj, Panjagutta, Somajiguda, Banjara Hills and Alwal.
With IMD predicting rainfall for three more days, civic authorities will have a hard task ahead amid the nala de-silting works at about 350 locations.
A GHMC official said the corporation staff has been put on higher alert at 55 locations. “The light spell and cloudy weather have already created panic. Amid the ongoing nala desilting works, the city is bound to submerge at several locations,” he said.
IMD predicted that…