11 dead as heavy rains swept India's Telangana

At least 11 people have been killed as heavy incessant rains swept several parts of the southern Indian state of Telangana, triggering waterlogging on roads and inundation of low-lying areas.

Nine persons died when a boundary wall collapsed in Mohammedia Hills in Bandlaguda in Hyderabad city due to the heavy rains here in the past two days, Hyderabad Lok Sabha lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted today, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

"Hyderabad Rains, I was at a spot inspection in Mohammedia Hills, Bandlaguda where a private boundary wall fell resulting in death of 9 people & injuring 2," he tweeted.

In a separate incident, a 40-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter died when the roof of their house collapsed in Ibrahimpatnam area in Hyderabad on Tuesday due to heavy rains triggered by a deep depression emanating from the Bay of Bengal, police said.

Normal life was thrown out of gear at various places in Telangana on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the state, leading to water-logging in different localities in Hyderabad and other parts of the state.

The met department in Hyderabad, which is the common capital city of Telangana and neighbouring state Andhra Pradesh, has warned of thunderstorms along coastal regions in the state as the deep depression crossed the coast near Kakinada on Tuesday.

The deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal caused very heavy rain in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha.