Heavy rains pound Hyderabad streets, brings city to a standstill

Heavy rainfalls lashed Hyderabad on Monday, exposing yet again the pathetic condition of urban planning in the city for which the urban development authorities are complacent.
Three cows died as a wall collapsed in Punjagutta as a result of heavy rains in Hyderabad. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
Three cows died as a wall collapsed in Punjagutta as a result of heavy rains in Hyderabad. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
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A car drives through a submerged road in Hyderabad on Monday night. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A car drives through a submerged road in Hyderabad on Monday night. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A man rides through an inundated road in Hyderabad last night. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A man rides through an inundated road in Hyderabad last night. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A man discarding water that is accumulated in his house at Begumpet in Hyderabad. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A man discarding water that is accumulated in his house at Begumpet in Hyderabad. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A scene from Sardar Patel Road in Begumpet in Hyderabad on Monday. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A scene from Sardar Patel Road in Begumpet in Hyderabad on Monday. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
Trees fallen at Methodist Colony in Hyderabad.  (R Satish Babu | EPS)
Trees fallen at Methodist Colony in Hyderabad. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
People wait for the water to recede after torrential rains hit Hyderabad on Monday night.  (R Satish Babu | EPS)
People wait for the water to recede after torrential rains hit Hyderabad on Monday night. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A boy tries to take shelter under his pushcart in Hyderabad.    (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A boy tries to take shelter under his pushcart in Hyderabad. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A man walks on a submerged Rajbhavan road at R S Maktha on hit Hyderabad after heavy rains lashed Hyderabad on Monday night.  (R Satish Babu | EPS)
A man walks on a submerged Rajbhavan road at R S Maktha on hit Hyderabad after heavy rains lashed Hyderabad on Monday night. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
Waterlogged streets of of PNT Colony in Gaddiannaram . (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
Waterlogged streets of of PNT Colony in Gaddiannaram . (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
A hassled woman shows the condition at her inundated home.  (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
A hassled woman shows the condition at her inundated home. (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
A waterlogged street at Kodandaram Nagar in Hyderabad.  (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
A waterlogged street at Kodandaram Nagar in Hyderabad. (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
A man's house is completely submerged in Hyderabad.  (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
A man's house is completely submerged in Hyderabad. (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
Toxic fumes emitting from a manhole in Kodandaram Nagar in Hyderabad.  (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
Toxic fumes emitting from a manhole in Kodandaram Nagar in Hyderabad. (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
Overflowing Errakunta lake in Nacharam. (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
Overflowing Errakunta lake in Nacharam. (Vinay Madapu | EPS)
City civic body workers help clear the fallen trees at Osmania University in Hyderabad. (Vinay Madapu |EPS)
City civic body workers help clear the fallen trees at Osmania University in Hyderabad. (Vinay Madapu |EPS)

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