Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has asked officials to be on high alert for any incidents of flooding.

Rivulets and streams were nearly overflowing and breaches have been reported in some areas. In Jayshankar Bhupalpally district, 12 farmers from Kundanpally village were rescued by a helicopter. The National Disaster Response Force or NDRF have deployed teams for rescue and relief.

A truck was washed away in Siddipet. The cleaner could be rescued, but the driver was feared drowned in floodwater.

Two control rooms are being set up in Hyderabad. Two choppers have also been deployed for rescue operations. The state disaster response force has been put on alert.

The Chief Minister said there was a threat of inundation due to overflowing tanks in Warangal and Karimnagar.

Hanumakonda town and adjoining areas have turned into lakes. Locals say the municipal authorities failed to clear storm water drains.

“The Chief Minister reviewed the rain and flood situation at the Pragathi Bhavan and spoke with the Chief Secretary, the Director-General of Police and the Ministers, and ordered the setting up of two control rooms in Hyderabad. He also instructed Ministers to coordinate with the Collectors and police officials on a regular basis,” an official statement said.

“The flooding has affected around 500 houses, and the low-lying areas around Warangal and Bhupalpally districts. Over 1,000 people have been moved to a safer location, and 13 were rescued by the dire department,” an official said.

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More than a million people were forced to flee their homes in Assam, northeast India after heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains.

The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world which flows from Tibet into India and then into Bangladesh, burst its banks in Assam over the weekend, inundating more than 2,000 villages, and it was still raining on Monday.

Two people have died in separate incidents of drowning in the past 24 hours and more than one million people have been affected, according to a state government flood bulletin said.

Torrential rain hit at least 23 of Assam’s 33 districts and the federal water resources body said water levels in the Brahmaputra were expected to rise, with more rain forecast over the next three days.

The flood situation remains extremely grave with several embankments breached, according to an official

Most of the Kaziranga National Park, home to the rare one-horned rhino, was under water, authorities said.

Paramilitary personnel were deployed across the state for rescue operations and to ensure people maintain social distance in makeshift shelter camps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, authorities said.

Assam has so far reported 7,492 coronavirus infections and 11 deaths.

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