Telangana News

Complaining that there was heavy damage in Hyderabad, due to the recent heavy rains, the Telangana Government has submitted a detailed report to the Centre  estimating the loss at Rs.2,202 crore.

The report stated that, the standing crops in about 1.23 lakh hectares were damaged besides the loss of about Rs.1,157 crore suffered by Hyderabad city.

Adding to it, the state government even stated that, 19.345 houses were damaged due to rains across the State and the loss to roads was Rs.463 crore (Roads & Buildings) and Rs.298 crore (Panchayat Raj). The report also revealed that 671 irrigation tanks, including Mid Manaid reservior were damaged and even 46 people lost their lives due to the heavy rains. 

Mr. Mahamood Ali said that, the Union Home Minister had responded positively to the State’s request for generous assistance and assured to send Central teams to assess the loss caused by the rains.