SECUNDERABAD: After the three-hour heavy downpour on Saturday, hundreds of residents in Secunderabad Cantonment spent a sleepless night after rainwater gushed into their areas and homes. On Sunday, mud was seen piled up in the by-lanes of Seshachala Colony, SBH Colony, Ganesh Nagar, Viman Nagar and Marriramireddy Colony.
In certain flooded areas, apartments, electric panels installed at the cellars were inundated with flood water, due to the nearby nalas overflowing. A major reason for this situation was the lack of drainage system and silt in the nalas. In fact, all these areas were inundated with about one to two-feet floodwater.
“SCB officials are unprepared to handle heavy rainfall and waterlogging. Despite having experienced the flash floods in October 2020, no remedies have been implemented to prevent waterlogging,” Thota Ravindra, a resident of Seshachala Colony told TOI. An open nala passing through the residential colony overflowed due to sewerage water gushing from the upstream areas, he added.
SCB senior superintendent (SWM) M Devender said all special teams attended to most complaints of waterlogging and have resolved the issue. “Instructions were given to lift garbage and sludge which piled up in the areas too,” he said. Residents have asked SCB to set up a round-the-clock control room to address rain-related grievances.
