Hyderabad: After more than a week of unprecedented rains, which submerged many parts of Hyderabad and five other districts, the weather appeared to be returning to normal in Telangana.

Even as many colonies in the cities were still under water, and efforts were continuing to pump out the stagnant water, citizens heaved a sigh of relief as the sun broke through the clouds for some time.

No rain had been recorded over Hyderabad in the last 36 hours.

There was a let up in rains over most of Telangana.

Maredupally in Karimnagar district received 4.2cm rainfall and Aleru in Mahabubnagar district had 2.7cm of rains yesterday.

The Indian Meteorological Department has said the low-pressure area has weakened and moved over Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and adjoining parts of Vidarbha.

Another low pressure area was also forming over East Central Bay of Bengal. If it moved closer to coastal Andhra, there would be fresh rains in Telangana, weather officials said.

Under the influence of the system there will be isolated rainfall over Telangana and Rayala Seema and coastal Andhra will receive heavy rains over the next 48 hours, the Centre said.

Y.K. Reddy, Director at IMD Hyderabad, said there was no possibility of rains in Hyderabad over the next three days.

Meanwhile the woes of the people of Hyderabad continued unabated as heavy rains have devastated many parts of the city.

Massive potholes and ditches were visible and loose rubble and soil lay on the road where up to a metre of water had accumulated.

The loose gravel was making it difficult for vehicles, particularly two-wheelers, to navigate.

On the busy Begumpet road, which passes in front of the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s official residence, the flyover was in a pathetic condition and a thick layer of dust was in the air.

Traffic police had a difficult time in getting vehicles to move on the damaged roads.

Though the state government says it has made efforts to repair and restore the roads on the 5km stretch from Masab Tank to Begumpet, not one GHMC worker was visible doing any repairing or cleaning work though it was damaged at many places.

However, several teams of GHMC were busy with the demolition of the illegal structures around the lakes and on the storm water drains in different parts of the city.

Demolitions and removal of the illegal structures were carried out on Tuesday at Gachi Bowli, Bala Nagar, Dilsukhnagar, Karmanghat, Subhashnagar, Rajendernagar and Qutbullahpur.

In Gachibowli area tension prevailed as local people resisted the demolition squad and police had to intervene to remove protesters.

On the prime Banjara Hills Road No. 1 the authorities targeted the illegal encroachments around a lake adjoining the famous Taj Banjara Hotel. Officials said that the due to the illegal constructions on the lake area, the lake in the water had spilt on to the roads causing extensive damage and obstructing the flow of the traffic.

At many of these places authorities found that the obstruction in the flow of water had brought the drain water in to the homes.

Meanwhile in Andhra Pradesh Srisailam dam was continuing to receive heavy inflows from Jurala project. 140,000 cusecs water was reaching Srisailam and it was nearing the full capacity. Against the full capacity of 268 metres the water level had reached 268.5 metres on Tuesday morning.