Hyderabad rains: Locals catch fish on road as Suraram lake swells

Hyderabad: Amid the incessant rains plummeting Hyderabad over the past week, residents of Qutbullapur in Secunderabad on Thursday, July 27, were engaged in an unusual pass-time activity — fishing on the road.

Schools of fish were seen swimming on the roads as the adjacent Suraram lakh swelled and started overflowing. People fetched make-do nets and utensils to catch the fish.

With swollen water bodies, the roads are inundated. However, the residents in Qutbullapur locality, unbothered by the knee-deep water on roads, were found fishing. “This is my dinner today,” said a smiling child, displaying a few fingerling he had managed to catch.