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Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao said the impact of heavy rains is less on the city during the current bout as against earlier, due to various works taken up by the government, including the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP).

Overnight rain batters Hyderabad, red alert again

As part of SNDP, surplus channels between Mansurabad Lake and Bandlaguda Lake, and from there up to Nagole Lake were fortified and box drains were provided wherever necessary. This has resolved the major problem of inundation in several areas.

Heavy rains in Hyderabad caused flooding in several colonies downstream of Saroornagar Lake, residents faced stench and inconvenience due to overflowing sewage. GHMC officials said an effort to drain the lake misfired, leading to the situation

SNDP Yogam's Vellappally Natesan endorses Centre's UCC bid, citing socio-legal advantages. He calls for minorities to be taken on board. He links UCC to social reformers' fight against social evils. Opposing fronts in Kerala strive to read the political tea leaves in his statement. BJP sees promising signs.

Mounted at the main entrance to their house at Pattalamukku, near Kuruppanthara, the nameplate ‘Dr .Vandana Das MBBS’ marks the fulfilment of a long-cherished dream of K.G. Mohandas and Vasantha Kumari. That dream, however, has turned into a nightmare at the sudden intervention of a violent outsider

Mayhem after rain again: several two-wheelers washed away, houses flooded at Padma Colony

HYDERABAD

PATHANAMTHITTA Accusing the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of attempting to appease forward

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday sought to revive the arguably moribund Navodhana Samrakshana Samithi (Renaissance Protection Forum), comprising majorly Hindu social organisations, as a political counter to what he described as the religious right’s threat to progressive, secular and democratic traditions enshrined in the Constitution.

HYDERABAD