Heavy rains pound Hyderabad streets, brings city to a standstill

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 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)

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)

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)

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 waterlogged street at Kodandaram Nagar 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)

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)