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Hyderabad: Musi river flood threat worries residents in low-lying areas
- Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar gates opened, locals anxious
- Officials’ response questioned; lack of preparedness concerns raised.
- Water level near small bridge at Malakpet monitored cautiously.
- Mayor reviews situation instructs officials to take necessary precautions.
Hyderabad: As the threat of rise in flood levels in Musi river looms large, those living in low lying areas are apprehensive about the preparedness by the authorities. The residents living along the riverbanks are feeling apprehensive and gearing up to confront the challenging situation during this monsoon season.In wake of authorities opening two gates of Osman Sagar on Wednesday in the upper riparian in addition to the waters being released from Himayat Sagar for almost a week, they have kept their fingers crossed.
Citing response from the officials he has received, one of the residents and local activist, Syed Bilal said that none of the officials from either Revenue or GHMC reached the localities which remain vulnerable during monsoon season. “The officials are yet to take stock of the situation here. Only visible here are the cops who are interacting with dwellers here. When I asked the local revenue officials, he informed me that there was no communication from higher ups over the issue,” said Bilal, the vice president of Human Rights Forum.
With the water flow rising close to the small bridge at Malakpet, an indication of risk of flooding in nearby localities as the locals remainapprehensive. “Once the water levels rise and flow from above the bridge it means houses start to get flooded. People here are keeping tabs on the water level and for now it did not touch the bridge,” said K Rammurthy, residing near Chaderghat’s small bridge.
In 2022, during the same period (July third-fourth week) the authorities alerted the residents as Himayatsagar witnessed maximum inflows. On July 23 (previous year), 6-gates of Osmansagar were lifted upto 3-feet, apart from 1-gate of Himayatsagar’s to release surplus waters. The outflows from Osman Sagar touched 1788 cusecs.
The SNDP works near Malakpet’s Railway under Bridge (RuB) which were completed earlier are considered to help ease the earlier choking points. However, the effectiveness of the recent desilting works prior to monsoon will be under test as 45 bastis on the southern side remain under risk on the Azampura side.
Meanwhile, Mayor GadwalVijayalaxmi in the evening reviewed the situation with the officials. She spoke to Zonal Commissioners and instructed them to take all the necessary steps. She instructed the officials to alert the ground staff and identify the low -lying areas and vulnerable localities so that the residents do not face problems in the event of flooding.
