Hyderabad, July 5 -- With no rainfall in the past few days, the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Awareness Association (HYDRAA) has initiated a forceful clean-up drive in the city's nalas and culverts to avoid flooding when there are future rains.

The civic body has positioned 150 Monsoon Emergency Teams (METs) and 51 Disaster Response Force (DRF) units to clear piled-up silt, plastic debris, and trash from drainage channels and catchpits.

The cleanup drive is targeted at areas most prone to waterlogging and overflow, said GHMC officials.

Large quantities of silt and plastic trash were cleared from stormwater drains in Madhuranagar, Krishnanagar (Yousufguda), and Janardhan Reddy Nagar (Gachibowli). Silt was removed from catchpit places ...