Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday assured people that Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is closely monitoring the situation in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the wake of unprecedented torrential rains.
17 people have died in Hyderabad in rain-related incidents. In Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district 3 people died in a house collapse incident due to heavy rainfall.
Apart from Telangana, incessant rainfall have also wreaked havoc in Andhra Pradesh, where the downpour resulted in 10 deaths. Both the states are struggling with waterlogging issues on roads and in several low-lying areas.
Chairman of Telangana power transmission corporation D Prabhakar Rao had earlier assured that all necessary steps were being taken to prevent collapse of the electricity grid.
K T Rama Rao, Telangana minister for municipal administration and urban development had said that around 40 relief camps were set up for nearly 80,000 people affected by the rains.