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More rains in store for

Telangana, govt extends
holidays for all govt, pvt
offices till Saturday
As of 7 am Friday, Gundi in Karimnagar has
recorded the highest 24-hour rainfall of 21 cm
whereas several locations in Vikarabad,
Rangareddy, Jagtial, Karimnagar,
Mahabubnagar districts recorded over 14 cm of
rainfall.

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By: Express News Service

Updated: July 21, 2023 09:54 IST

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A traffic police officer tries to clear water logging in a street

during rain in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, July 20, 2023. India
receives its monsoon rains from June to October. (AP Photo)

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Telangana witnessed widespread

incessant rainfall on Thursday and with a
similar forecast for Friday, the state
government has extended holidays to all
government offices, educational
institutions in Greater Hyderabad till
Saturday.

The chief minister’s office asked the

Labour department to ensure that private
companies in the state capital, too,
announce holidays during the period.
Education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy
had on Thursday morning ordered a two-
day holiday for all educational
institutions across the state given the
weather conditions. This was following
inundation of several main roads,
underpasses and residential colonies in
the city after continued spells of rain. The
state has also sounded a high alert for
districts and ordered the administration
to be vigilant and move residents to safer
places.

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The rainfall in the last couple of days has

brought the southwest monsoon in the
state from deficient to normal. As on July
20, the state has received a cumulative
rainfall of 27.9 cm for the month as
against a normal of 26.4 cm. K
Nagarathna, Scientist E and head of IMD
centre in Hyderabad said upper air
circulation lies over Odisha and adjoining
areas of northwest and west central Bay
of Bengal while another cyclonic
circulation lies over Chhattisgarh. Under
the influence of these cyclonic
circulations and the low-pressure area
that is due to form over northwest and
west central Bay of Bengal, Telangana is
likely to have light to moderate rains over
most places in the next 48 hours and
heavy to very heavy rainfall in a few
places in the northern and northeastern
districts, she said.

As of 7 am Friday, Gundi in Karimnagar

has recorded the highest 24-hour rainfall
of 21 cm whereas several locations in
Vikarabad, Rangareddy, Jagtial,
Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar districts
recorded over 14 cm of rainfall. Districts
such as Mahabubnagar, Vikarabad,
Medchal-Malkajgiri, and Rangareddy
have reported excess rainfall in the last 24
hours. In Hyderabad, the highest 24-hour
rainfall of 11.9 cm was recorded from
Serilingampally. Many localities in
Malkajgiri, Kukatpally, Uppal, Kapra,
Shaikpet etc recorded between 9 to 11 cm
of rainfall during the day, according to the
state-run Telangana State Development
Planning Society (TSDPS).

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For Friday, the IMD has issued an orange

alert (heavy to very heavy rainfall) at
isolated places in Kumuram Bheem
Asifabad, Mancherial, Jayashanker
Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Bhadradri
Kothagudem districts and a yellow alert
(heavy rains) at isolated places in
Adilabad, Karimnagar, Peddapally,
Mahabubabad, Warangal, Hanumakonda
and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri districts.

In Hyderabad, light to moderate rains are

likely to continue with occasional intense
spells, according to IMD. Water logging of
low-lying areas, clogging of drainage
systems, disruption of road and rail
transport, disruption of power supply,
submergence of agricultural lands and
crop damage, have been listed as possible
impacts. People have been asked not to
venture out unless necessary.

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As flood water levels continue to rise in

river Godavari at the temple town of
Bhadrachalam in eastern Telangana, the
state government sounded the first alert
on Thursday. The water level in the river,
owing to additional inflows from
Maharashtra, is inching towards the 48-
foot mark after breaching the first level
warning of 43-foot Thursday afternoon.
The river had swollen alarmingly last
year and breached the 70-foot mark
leading to the rescue and rehabilitation of
thousands to safer locations. Control
rooms are set up across districts and
rescue teams led by NDRF personnel are
deployed. The CMO has asked officials to
keep helicopters available for rescue
operations.

First published on: 21-07-2023 at 09:46 IST

TAGS: Telangana

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