Telangana journalist Zameer is missing after his car was washed away, but an individual accompanying him has been rescued.
Telangana journalist Zameer went missing after his car was swept away by floodwaters. (Facebook)
A TV journalist has gone missing in the Jagtial district of Telangana after his car was washed away by floodwaters late evening on Tuesday, 12 July.
According to local reports, the missing journalist has been identified as Zameer, a reporter with the Telugu news channel NTV.
On Tuesday, he had gone to the Bornapalli village in the Raikal mandal to report on the rescue operations of nine farm labourers stranded in the village after the water level of the river Godavari rose due to the opening of the Sriram Sagar Project reservoir gates.
The incident occurred when Zameer and another person, Syed Riyaz Ali, were returning to Jagtial after covering the rescue operations.
The duo was travelling in a car and had reportedly taken a shortcut to Jagtial from the Ramojipet village.
Their car got washed away by floodwaters as they tried to cross a road between Ramojipet and Bhupahipur.
Locals, on seeing the car, tried to rescue the duo but managed to safely pull out only Riyaz from the car.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the local police have launched a search operation to find Zameer.
The Jagtial district has been receiving heavy to very heavy rainfall for the past 48 hours, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that this will continue for the next few days.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday night held a review meeting with ministers and officials in Hyderabad.
State Health Minister Harish Rao on Tuesday directed district officials and health officials to identify all villages cut off due to floods and make alternative arrangements for 108 ambulance services.
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