Hyderabad: Several houses lying on the banks of the Musi River near Chaderghat were partially submerged, including the new bridge in the flood waters, after 10,439 cusecs were released from Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar twin-reservoirs at 1 pm on Friday, September 26.
The water entered the houses in Moosa Nagar, Rasoolpura, Kamal Nagar, and Vinayak Veedhi, which lie close to the Musi river, according to Imran Taj, a resident of Chaderghat.
People could be seen carrying their belongings, moving to the temporary shelters setup by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), and other safe places.
“Main bolke gaya jab ich in logon ku,” a youngster recording a video of the flooding making rounds on the social media could be heard saying.
He meant that some of the people didn’t heed to the alerts issued to them prior to releasing water from the twin reservoirs.
Earlier during the day, the GHMC officials shifted 55 residents from flood-susceptible localities under Shivaji Bridge in the Old City, close to the Bhoo Lakshmi Temple.
The families who were evacuated, including the daily wage earners, were shifted to the Ghode-Ki-Kabar GHMC Community Hall, where temporary shelter, food, and medical aid are being provided by the authorities.
