Telangana: Heavy downpour irks commuters in Secunderabad

HYDERABAD: A 15-minute heavy downpour inundated Secunderabad Cantonment area on Friday evening, causing massive traffic jams due to waterlogging on the main roads at Saibaba Colony, Marri Ramireddy colony and Sitharampuram Colony.
Other main roads at certain areas in Karkhana, Trimulgherry and Bowenpally also slightly inundated and commuters have faced inconvenience. They criticised Cantonment Board officials’ apathy over attending the facelift of the damaged roads and pothole filling, before the onset of monsoon.
Residents of abutting to a century-old Ramannakunta Lake at Bowenpally are in a panic, regarding overflowing of sewer water from this lake and inundating their houses, in case heavy rains occurred. “We are facing this problem during every rainy season and SCB authorities have turned blind to facelift the lake,” Chandra Reddy, a resident of Sitarampur Colony told TOI.
Meanwhile, the SCB health and sanitation wing officials are closely monitoring water levels at Ramannakunta lake, Hastmathper lake and Tirimalagiri Lake, and taking precautionary measures, to avoid overflowing.