Hyderabad, Aug. 31 -- Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner AV Ranganath on Saturday, August 30, inspected the desilting and flood prevention efforts at Ameerpet and Krishnanagar.

He observed that the waterlogging at the Ameerpet metro station was caused by underground box drains getting blocked with debris accumulated from Jubilee Hills, Gayatri Hills, Krishnanagar, Yusufguda, Madhuranagar, and Srinivas Nagar West in the drains.

Due to this, two out of the three drains were partially blocked, and the other one was completely blocked off with silt and garbage.

With the commissioner's order, the waste was removed from the drains.

Later, the commissioner inspected flood and sewage canals running...