Rainy nightmare for residents

Hundreds of two-wheelers and four-wheelers, parked in apartment cellars have been submerged. They were brought out on Monday. In Deepti Shree Nagar and Madinaguda, at least six neighbouring tank bunds were breached. Some apartments and houses were submerged totally and a few residences are still under water.

It is a nightmare for local residents. “I wanted to renew my car’s insurance as it expired last month. But, my negligence has cost me, as my car was under water for the past four days,” lamented A Ravikant, owner of a Maruti at Kalyan’s Tulasi Ram residency in Madinaguda.

However, the situation is slowly limping back to normalcy. But losses have been piling up. “The floods have created havoc since the past four days. At least 150 businesses running from apartment cellars were totally marooned. I opened an ice-cream shop taking loans from my friends and bank recently. Within three months of opening, floods have damaged my entire stock of ice-cream, cold drinks and even furniture,’’ said K Lakshman Rao, owner of Vinayaka Ice-Cream at Madinaguda.

Similarly, tensions prevailed at Yashoda Pearls as GHMC officials warned the colony association to clear flood water from the basement. “GHMC officials have issued notices to clear the flood water, as stagnant water might cause collapse of the apartments. They also said apartment authorities should take measures so that epidemics do not spread from waterlogging,” said KV Krishna Rao, a resident.

There has been a huge rush at motor vehicle servicing centres, as a number of two-wheelers drenched in flood water, were brought for repair. “I have to spend at least  Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,500 for servicing my recently purchased bike. When I approached the mechanic, he suggested complete servicing for the bike, after being submerged in flood water,” said B Sravan, an Intermediate student.