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Telangana minister reviews rain damage, orders safety measures
Telangana Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy held a review meeting on July 30 after two days of incessant rain across the state. He sought updates on road conditions, bridges, low-lying…
Telangana Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy held a review meeting on July 30 after two days of incessant rain across the state. He sought updates on road conditions, bridges, low-lying causeways and culverts in combined districts and R&B divisions.
Reddy directed officials to ensure uninterrupted traffic in inundated areas, place danger warning boards at culverts and eroded roads, and take precautionary measures at construction sites. He ordered coordination with Revenue, Police, Electricity and Irrigation departments at the field level.
All personnel from the Engineer-in-Chief down to Assistant Engineers have been told to remain on high alert. The minister said he would conduct mobile phone conferences with field-level engineers and that daily field reports must be prepared.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Hyderabad and surrounding districts receive heavy rain every monsoon, but flooding on state highways and low-level causeways has become a recurring disruption. The Roads and Buildings department maintains over 6,000 km of state roads in Telangana. A coordination directive across four other departments signals the scale of inundation. The next sign of severity will be the daily field reports the minister has demanded and whether any road or bridge is closed to traffic.
Source: thehansindia.com
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