Overview

• Exceptionally heavy rain over two days swamped parts of Kamareddy, Medak, Nizamabad, Nirmal, Rajanna Siricilla and Siddipet, breaching tanks and cutting road and bridge links.
• Authorities reported 1,646 people brought to safety in 31 major operations conducted over 48 hours using coordinated state, SDRF and NDRF teams.
• In Kamareddy’s GR Colony and nearby areas, officials said evacuations included 250 residents, 300 students from an SC Boys Residential School and 70 from Housing Board Colony, with those operations finished by Thursday noon.
• Rescuers deployed ropes, boats, life jackets, buoys and military air support; some vehicles and equipment were damaged, and two firemen briefly swept away survived.
• Human-impact accounts included an IAF helicopter rescue after a mother’s 30-hour wait in Rajanna Sircilla and reports of two men missing near the Rajpet bridge, with criticism from a former minister over helicopter deployment.