HYDERABAD: The 14-hour nonstop torrential rain lashed parts of the Hyderabad on Tuesday leaving many areas inundated. According to the Meteorological Department, Hyderabad had received 133 mm rain. The low lying areas including Latifabad Unit 2, 11, Hali Road, Liaquat Colony, Bhitai Town, American Quarters, Railway Colony, Odian Cinema, and Tando Yusuf were inundated and water gushed into houses.
The Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Fuad Ghaffar Soomro along with his team remained in the field till this morning to ensure uninterrupted drainage work. In order to ensure continuous drainage of rainy water the DC Hyderabad visited different pumping stations. He remained there for couple of hours and monitored the drainage work.
He directed the concerned officers of Wasa to use standby generators in case of power outages so that drainage work could be continued without delay. He directed the concerned officers to ensure completion of drainage work on war footing basis.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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