On 19 August, 2024 in Hyderabad the bus traveling with children in it goes crazy with excitement as it starts raining.
Yousufguda and Uppal respectively received 12.5cm and 12.1 cm of rainfall whereas Rajendranagar has recorded 11.9cm by 7am during a heavy spell that started at around three in the morning.
The other areas that recorded more than ten centimeters of rain were Mallapur, Nampally, Marredpally, L.B. Nagar, Quthbullapur according to Telangana Development Planning Society’s automated weather gauges.
Some parents got messages about their children not attending school while others got this: “Dear Parents, Please be informed that the school will function as usual timings today 8:45a.m. to 3:45p.m.” The District Education Office had no information on whether schools would be closed for the day or not.
Sanatnagar area and Ameerpet road experienced flooding due to continuous rains whereby GHMC had to use heavy duty pumps for dewatering.
Traffic police in Hyderabad are using social media extensively to communicate various water clogged places which affect the flow of traffic. At exactly two fourteen minutes after seven am Masab Tank: “Due to heavy #Rain #waterlogging near NMDC. Commuters are requested to take alternate route due to slow movement of traffic. Asif Nagar Traffic Police and #DRF team clearing #waterlogging and regulating traffic.”
After an hour later it was Amberpet which was affected by flood lying roads “Slow movement of traffic due to #waterlogging commuters are requested to take alternate route. Amberpet Traffic Police and #DRF team clearing the #waterlogging and regulating the traffic.”
