Fire and SDRF Teams Rescue 1,600+ from Flood-Hit Districts

Quick Summary

• Teh Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defense department conducted massive rescue operations across multiple districts from August 27-28.
• A total of 1,646 people were rescued during this period. Operations were carried out using ropes, boats, life jackets, buoys, and Army helicopters in severe cases.

Key District-Wise Rescues:

• Kamareddy District:

– Nine persons stranded in vehicles at Annasagar village and five residents trapped in a flooded house at Gunkul village were rescued.
– In GR Colony alone,250 residents and 370 students (300 from SC boys Residential School and 70 from Housing Board Colony) were saved after Pedda Cheruvu breached its banks.
– other rescues include poultry workers (Thimmareddy), farmers (Ugravai), six residents (Chinnamallareddy), among others.

• Medak District: Floodwaters entered a women’s hostel in Ramayampet; all students (444 total) from SC/ST hostels and BC Colony safely evacuated. A pregnant woman was also rescued near Haveli Ghanpur alongside road breach victims.
• Rajanna Siricilla district: Airlifting wiht Army helicopters was used to rescue five stranded near Narmala vagu; another person was saved at Mallareddypet.
• Nizamabad District: At Wadi village alone, 380 people were removed safely; others saved included stranded passengers near flood-damaged toll plazas or riverbanks such as Muthaya Cheruvu’s vicinity.
• Additional rescues occurred across Jagtial district (tractor mishap), Adilabad district (flooded stream crossings like Yenka Village examples)

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