Telangana rains: Two girls washed away in Mahabubnagar district; low-lying areas inundated at several places in state

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Mahabubnagar district in Telangana following downpour as heavy rain continued to lash the state leading to inundation of low-lying areas and disruption of road links at several places in the state on Tuesday. The two teenaged girls, who were crossing the stream, did not realise the current of water and got swept away, police said. Their bodies were found by local people later, they said.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao directed Education Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy to declare holidays to all educational institutions in the state on Wednesday and Thursday in view of the heavy rains, an official release said. The Met Centre of IMD here in its 'Daily Weather Report of Telangana State' on Tuesday (0830 hours) said Velpur in Nizamabad district received 40 cm rainfall, followed by Jakranpalle and Bheemgal (23 cm each) in the same district. The downpour led to inundation of low-lying areas in Warangal, Nizamabad and other districts.

Rivulets and other water bodies were in spate at various places in the state following the heavy rains leading to damage to disruption of road links and standing crops. State Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashant Reddy, who held a meeting with district officials at Nizamabad, enquired about the impact of rainfall and directed them to take steps to restore traffic where roads were damaged and to shift people in low-lying areas to safer places. As per preliminary estimates, crops in about five thousand acres in the district suffered damage due to the downpour, an official release said.