Hyderabad: Parts of the city received heavy rainfall on Saturday and is expected to spread to the main areas of the city in the next hour.
Kukatpally, Madhapur, Lingampally, Nallagandla, Mehidipatnam, Attapur, Jubliee Hills, Tolichowki, and Shaikpet are under a heavy downpour.
Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected in the next two hours in areas such as Mehdipatnam, Nampally, Kukatpally, Khairatabad, Charminar, Falaknuma, Charminar, Malakpet, Yakutpura, Saroor Nagar and Secunderabad.
According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society Department, Madhapur received the highest rainfall with 78.8 mm followed by Jubilee Hills with 76.5mm, Hafeezpet received 60.3mm, Shaikpet 49.8mm Miyapur 46.8mm.
Commuters in Attapur faced traffic rules as half an hour of rain resulted in flooding. Videos of the public trying to reach home through flooded water are going viral.
With the city witnessing moderate to heavy rainfall in a span of 24 hours, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has kept two gates each of Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar open.
The reservoir has so far received 450 cusecs of inflow and 467 cusecs of outflow.
