A day after intense winds and heavy rains lashed the city, it was
proposed to allocate one officer from every department for emergency
operations.

At a review meeting held on Wednesday, GHMC (Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) Commissioner B Janardhan Reddy
interacted with the heads of various departments like Hyderabad Water
Board, Metrological, Electricity and Traffic.

He suggested that
one special officer from the departments concerned should be able to
tackle any emergency situation and ensure that the equipments are
utilised properly for quick restoration of services. The Commissioner
further said that a group should be formed on the mobile app ‘Whatsapp’
to share information. Dana Kishore, MD, Hyderabad Water Board said that
29 emergency teams have been formed and they will work from June 1. He
said that necessary steps have been taken for the teams to perform their
duties efficiently.

The CMD
of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Ltd (TS-Genco), Raghuma
Reddy said that during heavy rains, they are taking preventive action
by seeing to it that damaged hoardings and unipoles do not disrupt the
power supply and snap the cables. It was also conveyed that the GHMC was
planning to suspend permission to hoardings for the coming one month.

The
Fire department officials said that the staff from the 23 fire stations
across the city could be used in emergency situations.

In the
coming two days also heavy winds and rains are likely to be expected and
all the line departments must be on an alert to tackle the issues on
priority, said GHMC Commissioner informing that that all the 206 water
stagnation points have been identified and cleared. He also appealed to
the people to not open manhole covers during rains as it can lead to
deaths.