Overview

• Municipal and disaster-response agencies have cordoned off Road No. 1/12 in Banjara Hills and are employing cranes and pumps to extract a 10,000-litre water tanker from the crater.
• The tanker’s driver and cleaner were seriously injured in the collapse and are receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.
• A separate sewer manhole collapsed at Panchasheela in Old Malakpet on August 6, highlighting the deteriorating condition of Hyderabad’s stormwater drains.
• The India Meteorological Department maintains heavy rain alerts for Hyderabad and adjacent districts, prompting ongoing drain inspections and repair dispatches.
• Residents say repeated complaints about clogged drains and subsiding roads went unaddressed, underscoring public frustration over aging urban infrastructure.