Delhi, India, September 3 (HBTV): Unprecedented rainfall and floods in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the past three days have killed approximately 35 people. The rains have also battered roads and rail tracks, submerged thousands of acres of crops and left people scrambling for essentials.   

Agencies engaged in relief and rescue operations and the chief ministers of the two states are reportedly stepping up efforts to tackle the situation. 

Sixteen people were killed in rain-related incidents in Telangana and 19 in neighboring Andhra Pradesh, as continuous downpour since Saturday caused by a depression in the Bay of Bengal disrupted normal life in the two southern states.   

The India Meteorological Department has predicted more rainfall in some parts of both the states on Tuesday. 

In Telangana, incessant rainfall caused inundation of low-lying areas, damage to agricultural crops and disruption of the state’s rail and road links with neighboring Andhra Pradesh.