Kamareddy floods: Homes, hopes and harvests swept away in deluge of a lifetime
The smell of incense lingered in the air, the sound of drums and chants rising, as residents of Goske Rajaiah (GR) Colony in Telangana’s Kamareddy town prepared for Ganesh Chaturthi on August 27. Then, without warning, the celebrations fell silent. By noon, the colony was unrecognisable, echoing with cries for help. “Everything changed in just 30 minutes,” recalls Hajiwar Srinivas, president of the residents’ association at GR Colony. Around 10.30 a.m., a furious surge of water from the overflowing Kamareddy Pedda Cheruvu burst into the colony from both sides of
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