Heavy rains on Monday 4th August 2025 in the evening stopped the operation for several parts of Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna
On Monday evening, heavy rains stopped for grinding on several parts of Hyderabad, when the roads of roads and top overload remained commuting stuck for hours.
The downpour, which began around 16:30, quickly flooded the key sections in the western and central zones of the city. Police Cyberabad, which anticipated problems, first released advice that called on soon and distributed logging out of IT offices with regard to the prognosis of precipitation. A few minutes later, when the roads began to slow down the floods and the movement of the vehicle dramatically, further consultancy was issued to ask the company to detain employees back to 17:45 to alleviate the pressure on the roads.
Despite this effort, the combination of evening traffic and a sudden contamination of the stunned main corridor is. The section from the Raidurg metro station towards the cyber tower, the IKEA junction to the Yashoda Hospital and the route from the JNT to the Katpally Y-Corning were exposed, while the vehicles moved forward through stagnant water.
Inundations on internal roads and swelling U, especially near underpasses and overpasses, were added to chaos. | Photo Credit: Ramakrishna G
Inundations on internal roads and swelling U, especially near underpasses and overpasses, were added to chaos. The main detail of the water was reported at the ascent of 17 (Himayatsagar) of the outer road (ORR), Angara U-Turn in Bachupally, Rajiv Grukalpa underpass, Zinkalawada, FCI road in Erragadda and pipe roads in Jeedimet. It is stretched near Ramdev Baba in Sanathnagar, Balanagar Metro, Rajendranagar and UpPartal Segment Shivarampily also noted the knee water.
Until 17:00 the operation through the western IT corridor crawled. The long queues of vehicles have expanded along the key sections of connecting office hubs with residential areas, as rainwater joined around clogged polish, blocked drainage and low roads. The commuters said that coverage of less than 4 kilometers along the critical connecting roads took more than 45 minutes.
Central Hyderabad was also difficult to hit. Ameerpet to Panjagutt Stretch was flooded and limited movement through one of the busiest arteries. Bible House, Hyderguda, Barkatpura, KCP Junction, Chandrayangutta (Road No. 16), Banjara Hills Road No. 2, Shaikpet Nala, Mogal Ka Nala and Jubilee hills on road no. 36 were all serious.
The Mehdipatnam corridor has become a pressure point, while the movement of the vehicle slowed down between PV Zarasimha Rao (PVNR) highway column No. 38 and the NMDC intersection. The Masab Tank overview and the neighboring are towards Ayodhya Junction, Shadan College, Nirankari Bhavan and Khairatabad have also seen strong traffic.
The commuting on Monday is moving in the middle of the rainfall in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: Ramakrishna G
Many of them took social media to express frustration. “Indian the fastest growing city brought to his knees with one rain … 3.8 km, 46 minutes and counting (sic),” wrote commuting on X and published a picture of his Google Map routes on Road No. 3, Banjara Hills.
The traffic police continued sharing live updates in the ground situation throughout the evening and cooperated in coordination with the Agency for Reaction to Disaster in Hyderabad and on the Protection of Asset (Hydraa) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to drive vehicles and clean submarine sections. Officers were deployed at key points of the choke to regulate movement and help in redirecting the operation, while the civic teams were pushed into operation to draw stagnant water and clear blocked drains.
Published – 4th August 2025 20:42
