hyderabad over a week after heavy rains lashed the city and flooded several areas colonies in different parts of the city are still struggling to get rid of the muddy water and sewage that inundated their homes by spending hundreds of rupees every day scenes of residents gathering their belongings and using water pumps buckets and other utensils to pump out water from homes can be seen across yakutpura nadeem colony aljubail colony saroornagar chandryangutta bandlaguda tolichowki etc many say saving their valuables and pumping out water from the houses is not just timeconsuming but it is also turning out to be a costly affair fatima sultana a resident of nadeem colony said even after we lost our livelihood and all our belongings in the flood water we are being forced to spend money from our pockets to get our water storage tanks and streets cleaned i had to pay rs 1200 to get the sump in my house cleaned and spend rs 600 to get sewage cleaned from the refrigerator and repair it meanwhile jamaateislami hind an organisation that is providing assistance to the floodaffected families is continuing rehabilitation initiatives at al jubail colony falaknuma and chandrayangutta so that residents can resume normal life multiple earth movers of the organisation are at work to clear the debris the municipal authorities have also done some cleaning but that wasnt enough the earth movers charge rs 800 per house and rs 1500 per hour for the tipper we are now pooling in money so that we can hire these vehicles ourselves and get our area cleaned said mohammad farhan a resident of chandrayanguttaa ghmc official said with waterlevels receding in colonies we have directed officials to take up extensive sanitation works ensure provision of safe drinking water food and initiate all measures for prevention of communicable diseases hmwssb has deployed sewerage labour in all floodaffected areas to resolve sewer chokes