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Hyderabad Floods Put Delivery Riders in Rescue Role as Search Continues for Two Missing

Officials report ongoing searches for two missing residents following a viral video highlighting delivery riders' rescues.

Overview

  • Heavy rain left Hyderabad waterlogged with traffic snarls and flash flooding across Bahadurpura, Malakpet, Goshamahal, and Nampally.
  • A video posted by X user Sumit Jha shows Zomato and Swiggy riders wading through waist-deep water to pull a bike to safety.
  • The poster credited riders with helping many stranded people, a claim media relayed without independent verification.
  • Hyderabad Traffic Police said officers worked with the city's disaster agency to clear waterlogging and keep traffic moving.
  • Habeeb Nagar police said Arjun, 26, and Rama, 25, were swept away during the downpour and have not been found, with three DRF teams deployed.