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In photos: Incessant rains create flood-like situation in Hyderabad; high alert sounded

Incessant rains have lead to a flood-like situation in Hyderabad. The Telangana government has ordered that all educational institutions be shut on 23 September as heavy rains continued to disrupt normal life in the city.

On 22 September, Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao instructed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to take the help of the Army and National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) for relief measures if needed.

Storm water drains have been overflowing and water has entered residential colonies in various localities of the city. Parking lots in several commercial complexes have been submerged while it seems like roads have turned into rivers with three to four feet water.

Meanwhile, Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao has asked IT companies to consider either giving shutting their offices for a day or let their employees work from home, keeping in view the traffic hold-ups in the city.