Constable C. Venkataiah of the Gachibowli Traffic Police rescuing a young woman trapped inside a partially submerged car.
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As torrential rain battered Hyderabad on Tuesday evening (June 9, 2026), inundating several stretches of roads in the IT corridor, the action of a traffic constable at a critical waterlogging point helped save a young woman trapped inside a partially submerged car.Constable C. Venkataiah of the Gachibowli Traffic Police was on duty near Santosh Dhaba on the Kothaguda–Kondapur stretch, one of the 15 critical waterlogging locations identified by the Cyberabad police. Assigned to monitor the vulnerable spot, he had reached the location shortly before heavy rains lashed the area.As water rapidly accumulated on the stretch, 22-year-old Mahima Reddy found herself stranded inside her sedan. Within minutes, floodwater rose around the vehicle and began entering the cabin.“Water started flowing into the car, and within minutes, it reached my chest. The door wouldn’t open, and I almost drowned,” Ms. Reddy recalled.Police said the rising water pressure prevented her from opening the car doors from inside, trapping her as the water level rose.
