Hyderabad: The traffic police here on Friday, September 26, has shut down the Chaderghat Causeway bridge, Kulsumpura to Puranapul to Jiyaguda road and the Moosarambagh due to heavy rainfall which has caused floods in Hyderabad.

On the same day, several houses lying on the banks of the Musi River near Chaderghat were partially submerged, including the new bridge in the flood waters, after 10,439 cusecs were released from Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar twin-reservoirs at 1 p.m. due to heavy rains in Hyderabad.

Due to rainfall and forecast, the discharge from Himayath Sagar will be gradually increased to 21500 cusecs and to 13,500 from Osman Sagar. The combined discharge from both reservoirs will be 35,000 cusecs from 8 p.m. onwards on Friday, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sew

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