A city that knows its flood map but still drowns

Twenty-five years after the big flood of 2000, Hyderabad continues to live on the edge of disaster. The city has long known its flood map, its gradient and its vulnerabilities. Yet, little has changed on ground. Reports gather dust, lakes vanish under concrete and warnings remain unheeded even as the downpour of August 7 this year offered yet another reminder of this dangerous complacency, writes Serish Nanisetti

​Twenty-five years after the big flood of 2000, Hyderabad continues to live on the edge of disaster. The city has long known its flood map, its gradient and its vulnerabilities. Yet, little has changed on ground. Reports gather dust, lakes vanish under concrete and warnings remain unheeded even as the downpour of August 7 this year offered yet another reminder of this dangerous complacency, writes Serish Nanisetti