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48 villages trapped in flash floods rescued from AP Village by NDRF

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The Strategic Nala Development Programme devised by Telangana government to prevent urban flooding has failed to take off in municipalities peripheral to GHMC covering the city of Hyderabad, due to lack of funding to the urban local bodies

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The six-and-a-half-decade-old Kaddam Narayana Reddy project survived another scare and test of the time on Thursday, the second year in a row, as it withstood over 4 lakh cusecs flood that was reaching it for about 10 hours, in spite of its effective discharge capacity of 2.43 lakh cusecs through…

Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao said the impact of heavy rains is less on the city during the current bout as against earlier, due to various works taken up by the government, including the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP).

Telangana Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari on July 28 said the administration has been put on alert as heavy rains continued to lash the state.

Belagavi district in-charge secretary Anjum Parvez asked officers to coordinate for effective flood management. He urged them to monitor inflow/outflow, water levels, rainfall and discharge from neighbouring states. He stressed on preventive measures and immediate compensation for victims. He asked field officers to survey vulnerable property and take up hygiene…

NDRF deploys 18 teams in AP, Telangana to rescue flood-hit people; teams equipped with medical kits, ropes, stretchers, lights, cutters, inflated boats and VMA with VHF, V-Sat and satellite phones. #NDRF #AP #Telangana #Rescue #Floods

Heavy rains cause rivers to swell, cutting off road connectivity from AP to Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Chintoor in ASR district is affected, with Sabari and Sileru rivers in spate. Godavari river touches 2nd warning level at Bhadrachalam. 10,835 families evacuated, NDRF deployed, medical teams on standby. 750 families evacuated in…

Flash floods in a local stream triggered by incessant downpour marooned Moranchapalli village in the rain-battered Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, leaving the villagers stranded on the roof-tops of their houses and trees since morning.