Several low-lying areas abutting the Musi are experiencing yet another season of inundation, following heavy inflows into the river from the twin reservoirs of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar.
As is always the case, residents of Moosa Nagar, Kamal Nagar, Shalimar Nagar, Vaddera Basthi, Shankar Nagar, and other slums along the riverside in Chaderghat had water entering their homes in the dead of Tuesday night.
“Within minutes, all our homes were submerged in water. We ran to the terrace, holding whatever we could grab at that moment,” recalled Sajida Bi, a resident of Shankar Nagar, adding that no alert was issued to them by officials before release of the water. Close to 500 houses in the colony were inundated.
