Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Floods: Incessant Rainfall Kills Over 30, PM Modi Assures All Help From Centre

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he has spoken to the chief ministers of both states and assured all possible help from the central government.

Railway track near Faluknuma station submerged under flood waters following incessant rainfall across the state, in Hyderabad. (Image: PTI)

Hyderabad: Hours after the unprecedented torrential rain wreaked havoc in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to chief minister of the two southern states and assured them of all possible support in rescue and relief work by the Centre. As per latest update, the death toll due to heavy rainfall in Hyderabad and its suburbs has increased to at least 17 throwing normal life out of gear. Three other people have died due to a building collapse incident in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district. Even in the neighbouring Telangana, the death toll now stands at 10 as heavy downpour continue to paralyzing normal life in the state. PM Modi said he has spoken to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and assured all possible help from the central government.

Spoke to @TelanganaCMO KCR Garu and AP CM @ysjagan Garu regarding the situation in Telangana and AP respectively due to heavy rainfall. Assured all possible support and assistance from the Centre in rescue & relief work. My thoughts are with those affected due to the heavy rains.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 14, 2020

Even Home Minister Amit Shah took to Twitter and said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is closely monitoring the situation in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the wake of heavy rainfalls.

MHA is closely monitoring the situation in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the wake of heavy rainfalls. Modi government is committed to provide all possible assistance to the people of both the states in this hour of need. My thoughts and prayers are with those affected.

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 14, 2020

Heavy rains continued to pound the state, causing damage to roads and disrupting power supply in several places in Andhra Pradesh. For the second time in less than 20 days, river Krishna remained swollen on Wednesday as it received a heavy flood due to rainfall over the last couple of days. The second warning signal has been raised at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada as over 6.46 lakh cusecs of discharge was witnessed, posing a threat to the habitations along its left and right banks. Reddy held a high-level meeting here and reviewed the situation. Tandava, Raivada, Meghadrigadda projects in the district received heavy inflows and the flood was being discharged into the Bay of Bengal. The flood impact was felt in Chodavaram, Payakaraopeta, Yalamanchili and Anakapalli mandals in the district. Also check this podcast: Even in Telangana, incessant rainfall that lashed Hyderabad and different parts of the state, leading to waterlogging on roads and inundation of some low-lying areas. The deaths were reported since Tuesday night as downpour triggered wall and house collapse in different places. The state government has declared a holiday on Wednesday and Thursday for all private institutions, offices, non- essential services within Outer Ring Road here in view of rains. Police teams and personnel of Disaster Response Force (DRF) of GHMC and NDRF evacuated several families from different localities that were flooded, even as rescue efforts were on in many other areas. In its weather forecast, the Met department said thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is very likely to occur at isolated places over Telangana on Wednesday. Heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places including Hyderabad on Wednesday and Thursday.