Heavy rains lash elements of Hyderabad on Monday, IPL match briefly halted

Employees cowl the bottom with plastic sheets on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad after heavy rain lashed a part of town on Monday.
| Photograph Credit score: Okay.V.S. GIRI

Heavy rains lashed a number of elements of Hyderabad on Monday (Could 5, 2025) night and night time, disrupting regular life and leaving many commuters stranded whereas they had been coming back from work. The downpour pressured a brief halt to the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Uppal.

A number of low-lying areas reported waterlogging, inflicting site visitors snarls, as folks struggled to make their approach dwelling amid the showers. The sudden spell of rain introduced some reduction from the summer time warmth but additionally led to vital inconvenience throughout town.

In response to knowledge from the Telangana Improvement Planning Society (TGDPS), as of 10 p.m., Karwan recorded the very best rainfall at 28 mm, adopted carefully by Goshamahal with 27.8 mm. Different areas that acquired appreciable rainfall included Mehdipatnam (26 mm), Gunfoundry (24.5 mm), Attapur (22 mm), Uppal (21.5 mm), Amberpet (19.8 mm), Santosh Nagar (19.5 mm), Falaknuma (16.5 mm), Khairatabad (12.8 mm), and LB Nagar (11.5 mm).