Heavy rains lashed twin city on Tuesday bringing the temperature considerably down. While it bought cheer as the first major rain this monsoon, it also exposed the poor preparation of the city to deal with the monsoon.
Normal life was thrown out of gear as several low-lying areas, including Lakdikapul, were inundated with water. Motorists had to negotiate with waterlogged roads near Nampally, Abids, Begumbazaar after pre-monsoon showers lashed Hyderabad.
The tall claims of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and State Government about their preparation for the monsoon were exposed. Tuesday's showers showed that the city is ill prepared to face the monsoons and people are now dreading waterlogged roads and overflowing drains in the coming weeks. Low lying areas in Panjagutta, Khairatabad, Lakdi ka pul, Erram Manzil, Mehdipatnam, Toli Chowki and Dilsukhnagar and several other neighbourhoods were flooded with both drain and rain water.
Overflowing open drains added to people's woes. Vehicular traffic was thrown out of gear in several areas in the central part of the city as almost all the roads were waterlogged. A traffic police official, who was trying to manage traffic at the busy Panjagutta crossing, said the waterlogging was mainly due to the outdated drainage system.
The southwest monsoon is all set to reach Andhra Pradesh from June 5 and the State is expecting copious rains this time. Southwest monsoon is very crucial for State as it brings around 80 per cent of the rainfall that the State annually gets. The State witnessed drought in many districts last year because of adverse weather conditions between June-October.
The Indian Meteorological Department said southwest monsoon would hit the State in next five days. Normally, southwest monsoon enters AP on June 5," said Dr M Satya Kumar, director of Hyderabad Meteorological Centre.
—Anubha K Singh
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