HYDERABAD: A father-daughter duo, a mother-daughter duo, and a pair amongst 9 folks died in rain-related accidents over a 24-hour interval till Sunday in Telangana battered by torrential downpours.
Andhra Pradesh capital area, in the meantime, has been reworked right into a digital lake following an unprecedented 37 cm rainfall in a single day. Vijayawada remained reduce off from Hyderabad by rail and street and rail hyperlinks with Visakhapatnam and Chennai had been snapped.Locations like Amaravati and Guntur had been additionally reduce off from Hyderabad. The sudden overflow of the Budameru river in Vijayawada brought on extreme flooding, submerging 40% of the realm within the metropolis.
The toll within the torrential rain has elevated to fifteen with one individual drowning within the flood water within the metropolis on Sunday. In Telangana, Scientist Ashwini Nunavut, 27, and her 50-year-old father, Motilal Nunavut, had been swept away by the overflowing Akeru vagu stream whereas crossing a bridge in Mahabubabad district’s Maripeda mandal.
The 2 had been on their strategy to the airport. “Of their final communication with members of the family, they reported that the water stage was rising shortly and had reached virtually as much as their necks. Shortly after, their telephones went silent,” mentioned police.
Rescue groups recovered Ashwini’s physique, which was caught in a tree, however Motilal’s physique has not been discovered. Earlier this 12 months, Ashwini obtained the Younger Scientist Award from ICAR-Nationwide Institute of Biotic Stress Administration in Raipur.
In one other accident, a mother-daughter duo died of their sleep when their home collapsed in Ekkamedu village of Narayanpet district’s Kothapalli mandal. “Harijana Hanumama, 65, and Anjulamma, 42, had been farm laborers,” police mentioned.
In one other accident, two members of a household had been washed away in Palair meeting constituency on Saturday. Recalling the tragedy, Telangana income minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy turned emotional on Sunday. “We tried our greatest to save lots of the household. Helicopters couldn’t take off instantly. The dad and mom couldn’t be saved, however their son was rescued,” he mentioned.
(With inputs from Roushan Ali)
