Heavy Rains Claim 11 Lives In Telangana

Hyderabad: Incessant rains that lashed several parts of Telangana have killed at least 11 people and led to waterlogging and inundation of low-lying areas.

Nine persons lost lives when a boundary wall collapsed in Mohammedia Hills in Bandlaguda following heavy rains here in the last two days, Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted on Wednesday.

“HyderabadRains, I was at a spot inspection in Mohammedia Hills, Bandlaguda where a private boundary wall fell resulting in the death of 9 people & injuring 2. On my from there, I gave a lift to stranded bus passengers in Shamshabad, now I’m on my way to Talabkatta & Yesrab Nagar,” Owaisi tweeted.

Some boulders fell on the compound walls of two houses that killed eight people on the spot and injured four. The injured persons are being treated, a police official said.

In a separate incident, the roof of an old house collapsed in Ibrahimpatnam area here on Tuesday killing a 40-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter, according to police.