Nearly 2,000 people were shifted to shelter homes in Warangal and Hanamakonda districts following heavy rains that lashed different parts of Telangana on October 29 due to the impact of severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha’, officials said on Thursday.

The downpour inundated several localities and led to waterlogging on roads in different areas in the tri-cities of Warangal, Hanamakonda and Kaizpet dirupting normal life.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday directed officials to speed up relief operations in the flood-affected areas in Warangal.

He instructed the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police to dispatch SDRF teams and the required number of boats there, an official release said.

The Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) said that the Disaster Response

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