Incessant rain throws traffic out of gear in Hyderabad

Traffic circulate was disrupted on account of incessant rain in town on Tuesday, each in the course of the morning and night rush hour. Waterlogging, sand bars on roads, potholes and cracked manhole covers added to the chaos.

The highway stretch close to Ravindra Bharathi was closed throughout morning hours affecting traffic circulate from Tank Bund to Nampally space. In many locations together with Masab Tank, Mehdipatnam, and Attapur, concrete manhole covers have been broken, forcing commuters to take evasive measures affecting traffic circulate.

While a quantity of flyovers that dot town offered non permanent rain shelter to two-wheeler riders, it didn’t assist shifting traffic. “Notice the rainwater discharge pipes on the flyover? None of new SRDP flyovers built by MVR have good quality drains. Don’t even know how they keep getting contracts for all new flyovers,” posted one consumer on Twitter as others shared photographs of heavy outflow of water from the flyovers onto the roads.

Gachibowli in western Hyderabad obtained heavy rain since night, ensuing in waterlogging on roads and lots of pockets plunging into darkness as energy provide was disrupted. Tall timber in some areas swayed dangerously as distributors packed up early for the day.

For most half of the day, nevertheless, the rain, usually a gentle drizzle, ensured folks went about work as standard. With many IT campuses shut and the bustle lacking at many industrial institutions, traffic remained nowhere close to the pre-COVID ranges, thus posing restricted bother to highway customers. Making it simpler for the residents have been additionally some of the brand new infrastructure developments such because the flyover and underground drains.

Tree falls

Parts of Secunderabad Cantonment areas have been beneath a sheet of water. Traffic was disrupted from New Bowenpally to Tarbund Cross Roads as rain water overflowed close to the Muslim graveyard.

Bumper to bumper traffic was witnessed from New Bowenpally to Tarbund. A tree bought uprooted close to Tarbund throwing traffic out of gear. Similarly, rainwater was overflowing close to Old Bowenpally checkpost. Traffic police personnel have been deployed to clear the traffic snarl.

Similar scenes have been witnessed on the Suchitra Cross Roads to Old Alwal. An overflowing nala close to Father Balaiah Nagar made it tough for the motorists to drive on the flooded highway. A giant tree fell on the highway in entrance of Begumpet traffic police station bringing traffic on the Begumpet to Paradise highway to a grinding halt.

Padma Colony behind Shanker Mutt was fully beneath water. Kothi, Kachiguda and Narayanguda areas went with out energy from 7.30 p.m. Several colonies in Gachibowli have been with out energy whereas gated group dependence on diesel generator backup was excessive.

Traffic police on toes

Traffic police stayed on their toes for many half of the day, clearing waterlogging factors and sending out details about affected areas: “Slow movement of traffic from CTO Junction, Paradise Junction, Rocha Bazar, Ranigunj towards Karbala Maidan Road”; “Slow movement of traffic from Rasoolpura, Chutneys Begumpet, Fire Station towards Paradise X Road,” and “Waterlogged at Chitra Dargah Mahankali commuters kindly note and take alternate routes to reach destinations.”

The wrestle with blocked drains didn’t cease even in the night as Bahadurpura police pitched in to assist DRF and GHMC groups to clear water pathways in the Puranapul space.

Twitter consumer Gulam Amer posted: “The Traffic Police in Hyderabad always help people. In rainy season I feel that they do more than GHMC.”