Hyderabad, Jun 9 (PTI) Two persons died allegedly due to electrocution following widespread rain here on Tuesday evening which also led to water logging and traffic snarls.
The deceased were an auto-rickshaw driver (30) and a 15-year-old boy, a class nine student, an official at Bandlaguda Police Station said. They came in contact with an electric wire which fell on the road and were electrocuted, police said.
State Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, incharge minister for Hyderabad, expressed sadness over the death of the two persons due to electrocution, an official release said.
Meanwwhile, Vinayak Nagar Ward Office locality received 129.8 mm of rain, followed by 87.5 mm of rainfall at Bansilalpet.
The rainfall led to waterlogging and incidents of trees being uprooted at a number of places in the city and consequent traffic jams.
The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) said in a post on ‘X’ that its personnel were involved in removal fallen trees at 76 places.
HYDRAA Commissioner A V Ranganath supervised operations to clear waterlogging at the state Secretarait and removal of fallen tree on the Tank Bund at Hussain Sagar lake which caused a major traffic jam.
Prabhakar, who spoke to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner RV Karnan, city Police Commmissioner V C Sajjanar and other officials on the situation following the rains, directed that uprooted trees and electric wires be removed without delay.
He said people had to face inconvenience as a heavy rain was record in a short span of time.
He instructed that the GHMC, HYDRAA, police, electricity department, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) and other agencies should work in coordination during the monsoon season. PTI SJR VVK SJR SA
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