Hyderabad rains: KTR takes stock of situation in affected areas

Hyderabad: Municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday, July 27, took stock of the conditions in the area affected due to heavy rains across the state. He held a teleconference with municipal department officials and additional collectors from Hyderabad, and directed the authorities to help the people in affected parts to ensure there was no loss of life.

The Minister directed the officials to take up relief measures in areas where the water has receded. He visited many places in Hyderabad city including Hussainsagar and Chaderghat Causeway Bridge.

Speaking to the media, he said chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is monitoring the situation on hourly basis, and the priority of the government is to see there is no loss of life.

He said, from GHMC commissioner and other top officials to the lower-level staff, all are alert on the field. “All the holidays of municipal employees have been cancelled. We are reviewing the situation from time to time,” he said.