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The blood-red liquid not only flooded the streets of Hyderabad but also released a stench that permeated the area, making it hard to breathe.
Hyderabad: The image shows red-coloured liquid flooding the streets.
In Hyderabad’s Subhash Nagar, a mysterious blood-red liquid flooded the streets, leaving residents gasping for breath. The liquid, as per reports, overflowed from a manhole on the night of November 25 in the Jeedimetla industrial area. The red-coloured liquid that resembled blood left the residents horrified at the sight.
The liquid not only flooded the streets but also released a stench that permeated the area, making it hard to breathe, reported The Times of India (TOI). The outlet further reported that the residents speculated that expired paint had been dumped into the sewer system, contributing to the alarming situation.
“The incident shows how there is no monitoring of industrial waste being disposed of in the area. Pollution Control Board or GHMC has to initiate stringent measures against dumping this wastage in the street. There has to be a proper supervision of waste management in the vicinity,” K Lakshman, a resident of Jeedimetla, told the outlet.
However, the officials of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) refuted these claims. “There have been no prior reports of such coloured water flowing from the local sewer network. This suggests that the chemical wastage was likely dumped directly onto the streets,” TOI quoted an official from the water board as saying.
The streets, however, were cleaned the following morning to restore normalcy to the area.
Suddenly, #redwater poured out of a manhole near the #Jeedimetla Industrial Estate in Venkatadri Nagar, Subhash Nagar division.With the water flowing on two roadways and a heavy stench emanating, the inhabitants were having difficulty breathing. pic.twitter.com/dqqhf9Pner— Mohd Lateef Babla (@lateefbabla) November 26, 2024
In November 2023, videos and photos of green slime pooling along the edges of New York streets went viral online. The liquid covered manhole covers and the sides of pavements. With no noticeable odour, many speculated that it was a dye commonly used by plumbers to detect leaks in plumbing and sewage systems. Similar mysterious green slime previously appeared on New York streets in 2017 and 2014.