Vice President Venkaiah Naidu expresses condolences on lives lost due to heavy rains

Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu has expressed bereavement on devastation and loss of life in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Odisha owing to incessant rains since past 48 hours. Naidu took to Twitter to express condolences to families who have lost ir loved ones due to heavy rainfall.

Fifteen people lose lives

As per a PTI report, fifteen people have died in Hyderabad by Tuesday night due to heavy rains which lashed city and different parts of Telangana, leading to waterlogging on roads and inundation of some low-lying areas. Houses and walls of several structures collapsed in several places due to intensity of rainfall. state government declared a holiday for Wednesday and Thursday for all private institutions, offices, n- essential services while advising citizens to stay indoors for next two days as MET has warned about heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in parts of state including Hyderabad on Wednesday and Thursday. Rescue efforts by State Police and Disaster Response Force are underway and state has also urged people living in old and dilapidated structures to vacate premises and take shelter elsewhere.

situation is t any better in Karnataka as heavy rains for past three days wreaked havoc in some of rrn parts of state causing inundation, crop loss and dam to houses.

On Wednesday, heavy falls are expected to lash isolated places over rth Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, South interior Karnataka, South Odisha, South Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha,  Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

IMD has also issued a warning of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Maharashtra in next two to three days.

"re is an extremely low-pressure area in Bay of Bengal and clouds developed because of it would be hovering on Maharashtra from October 14 to 16. It would result in heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over some parts of Maharashtra," an official statement said. Fishermen have also been advised t to venture into deep sea owing to expectancy of heavy rainfall.

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