Water gushed into the ICU of a hospital in Hyderabad as torrential rains once again lashed the city, inundating low-lying areas on Sunday. Water entered the Intensive Care Unit of Malla Reddy Narayana Multispeciality Hospital in Jeedimetla.

One to two-feet deep water accumulated in the emergency ward in the basement, causing severe inconvenience to patients. Hospital staff, with the help of attendants of patients, were seen pumping out water.

Many parts of the city experienced heavy rains in the afternoon, flooding the roads and throwing the normal life out of gear. The heavy rains that lasted for over two hours also inundated low-lying areas and brought the vehicular traffic to a halt.

According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society, parts of the city recorded highest rainfall of nearly 10 cm. Quthbullapur, where Malla Reddy Hospital is located, recorded 9.2 cm rainfall. The Hyderabad Meteorological Centre said cumulonimbus clouds caused heavy rains at many places.

Heavy rains led to tree fall in #Ranigunj #Secunderabad #HyderabadRains. @GHMCOnline's disaster response teams on the field to clear water-logging, fallen trees across the city @Director_EVDM @CommissionrGHMC pic.twitter.com/yMdqzUxn4F

— TOI Hyderabad (@TOIHyderabad) October 6, 2019

Woman who was washed away in a flooding street at LB nagar #Hyderabad rescued by a resident during #HyderabadRains on Sunday. The act was caught on #cctv @XpressHyderabad pic.twitter.com/UWwv2bCKGw

— PintoDeepak_TNIE (@PintoDeepakTNIE) October 6, 2019

Due to heavy rains and water logging on main road, traffic slow moving towards airport at Shamshabad.
Public going to airport are advised to take ORR to reach Airport seamlessly. pic.twitter.com/JRdd6Z13AO

— CYBERABAD TRAFFIC (@CYBTRAFFIC) October 6, 2019

The city during last two weeks experienced many spells of heavy rains, breaking new records. The city recorded more than 100 percent excess rainfall during September.

Just last month, in a similar incident, water had entered the emergency ward of the Lalaguda railway hospital.   

Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast more rains in Telangana over the next three days.

While the IMD alert states that thunderstorm and lightning was likely to occur on Monday, it issued a heavy rain alert for Tuesday and Wednesday. 

IANS inputs

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