Warangal: The district administration on Sunday requested officers of all departments to be on alert and obtainable 24×7 following heavy rain, thunderstorms and lightning in lots of components of Mahbubabad, Bhupalpally and Jangaon within the united Warangal district on Saturday evening.
Several lakes and tanks in Kesamudram, Guduru, Nellikuduru, Garla, Bayyaram, Kuruvi Devaruppala and Palakurthy mandals had been overflowing with floodwater.
The overflow from the bridge on to the roads within the outskirts of Ravirala village introduced vehicular motion to a grinding halt between Mahbubabad and Nellikuduru mandals, Mahabubabad and Guduru and Thorrur and Kuruvi mandals.
With many bushes and electrical poles getting uprooted by gusty winds following heavy rain that lasted for over two hours in Bayyaram mandal, there was no energy provide in lots of adjoining villages. Added to that floodwater entered homes in Jagna thanda and RTC colony.
A 44-year-old lady farmer, recognized as Ponaganti Sulochana, was killed by a lightning strike when she was working within the fields. Three others had been injured in Shyamnagar village of Bhupalpally manal.
Thunder and lightning strikes had been additionally reported in Satyanarayanapuram of Bayyaram mandal and Kamareddy Gudem of Jangaon district.
Meanwhile, with extra heavy rains predicted by the meteorological division, superintendent of police Sudheer Ramnath Kekan has placed on alert division officers, who’re inspecting the water flows in lakes and tanks to forestall untoward incidents.