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Hyderabad Floods: Searches Continue for Missing After Night of Heavy Rain

The chief minister ordered expedited relief, seeking central funds.

Overview

  • Rescue operations continued on Monday as DRF/SDRF, HYDRAA, GHMC and police teams combed swollen nalas in multiple locations.
  • Those missing include Arjun and Ramu in the Afzal Sagar stretch at Habeeb Nagar and Dinesh in Vinobha Nagar, with a fourth case reported under Rachakonda limits.
  • GHMC Commissioner R. V. Karnan inspected the Habeeb Nagar site and reviewed the search efforts with officials.
  • One worker died and four were injured when a wall of an under-construction convention hall collapsed in Vattinagulapally, with one person reported critical.
  • About 12 cm of rain inundated roads and halted traffic across the city, while a separate crash on the Outer Ring Road killed Infosys employee Sowmya Reddy and injured seven.