GHMC evacuats 1500 people residing near Musi downstream flowing areas

Hyderabad, July 27 (Maxim News): With a huge quantity of water from Osman Sagar and Himayatsagar lakes was being let out into the Musi river, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials have evacuated about 1500 people residing near Musi downstream flowing areas as a precautionary measures.

Taking to micro-blogging site twitter, GHMC Mayor G Vijaya Laxmikantha on Wednesday said the people were shifted by the GHMC officials in coordination with the revenue officials.

Evacuated 1500 people residing near the Musi downstream flowing areas and shifted them to shelter homes due to increased flow of flood water.

All necessary arrangements have been made at the shelter homes for citizens in coordination with @CPHYD , revenue department.@ KTRTRS,” she said.

Meanwhile, five members of a family , including three women and a child, who were stuck in the flood waters of the Musi river at Gandipet were rescued by the National Disaster Management Force (NDRF) team on Tuesday night. The family was stuck in a farmhouse near the river bed. (Maxim News)

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