Hyderabad, Aug. 28 -- As many as 1357 electricity poles have collapsed and 280 transformers have been damaged due to the heavy rains that have been lashing Telangana over the last few days. TGSPDCLchairman and MD Musharraf Faurqui. Medak witnessed the highest disruption with 971 poles getting damaged in the district alone due to the rains in Telangana.

Due to the heavy rains, the Hyderabad-Nagpur National Highway 44 (NH 44) stretch between Kamareddy, Dichpally and Armoor in Telangana has also been affected. The situation was so severe that in Medak district on Thursday, TGSPDCL staff also waded into a river in Rajipet village to repair a feeder and successfully restored the power supply.

The electricity poles and transformers across Tel...