16 Die In Rain-Related Incidents In Telangana, Relief Ops Resume After Rain Subsides

Relief work gained momentum on Saturday as rainfall came to a halt in many parts of the state.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao supervised the relief operations during the day speaking to ministers and Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari, an official release said Saturday night.

A senior official told PTI that 16 people lost their lives in rain-related incidents, while bodies of two villagers who were washed away in floods in a stream in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district two days ago were found on Saturday, police said.

Search operation was on to locate two other villagers who were also feared washed away in the floods, they said.