Hyderabad is still facing consequences due to heavy floss and rainfall, as water from Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar is being drained into the Musi River.

On the 27th of July, Wednesday, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) evacuated around 1,500 people whose houses were located near the Musi River basin and induation-prone regions.

All the 1,500 people were shifted to shelter homes and the GHMC has arranged food and other arrangements for their stay.  The GHMC Mayor Ms. G. Vijaya Laxmi on Wednesday taking to Twitter informed that the people were shifted by the GHMC in coordination with the Revenue Departments. 

The Mayor Ms. G. Vijaya Laxmi took to Twitter and confirmed the updates, “Evacuated 1,500 residents residing near the musi downstream flowing areas & shifted them to shelter homes due to increased flow of flood water.  All necessary arrangements have made at the shelter homes for the citizens in coordination with @CPHydCity, revenue department. @KTRTRS.”

In regard to the flood like situation, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) lifted one more gate of Osman Sagar and two more gates of Himayat Sagar on Wednesday, the 27th of July. 

At present, 13 gates of Osman Sagar are open up to six feet and eight gates of Himayat Sagar are open up to four feet.

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