New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rains in Telangana for the next 48 hours, issuing a red alert state-wide for Thursday and an orange alert for Friday. Incessant rains over the past week have thrown normal life out of gear in the state.With water bodies across the state swollen and roads inundated, the state government has declared holidays for schools and other educational institutions on Wednesday and Thursday. Private offices, including IT companies, have been instructed to implement staggered timings to mitigate traffic congestion caused by inclement weather.According to local news reports, chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao directed officials to seek the support of the Indian Army to carry out rescue work in Moranchapally Village in Jaishankar Bhupalapally district, which is completely inundated. With the stream next to the village overflowing, water entered the village, forcing residents to move to top floors and rooftops. Roads connecting to the village are cut off. Personnel from the state disaster response force, district administration, and National Disaster Rescue Force are already in the village to carry out rescue work.As per the latest figures, the state has so far received an average rainfall of 2.26 cms. Mulugu district has thus far received rainfall in the range of 11.5 cms and 20.4 cms. On the other hand, Mancherial, Khammam, Suryapet, Bhadradri, Vanaparthi, Nirmal, and Komaram Bheem districts have received rainfall in the range of 6.45 cms and 11.5 cms.The state government said as on Tuesday, July 25, 1.05 lakh acres of farmland was submerged under water, and another 52,000 acres was damaged due to pounding rains as on Wednesday, July 26. The water level in Godavari has risen beyond the usual.In Peddapalli district’s Sabbitam, a youngster died in a rain-related incident. Two people have gone missing in Bhadradi district trying to cross a stream.In the capital city of Hyderabad, continuous rain inundated several low-lying areas, and waterlogging was reported from several arterial roads. Due to continuous inflow, two gates of Osman Sagar and six gates of Himayat Sagar have lifted. As a result, the water level in the Musi river has risen beyond the usual level.In a separate incident, as many as 160 tourists to a waterfall in the Mulugu district of Telangana, who were stuck in the forest area unable to cross an overflowing stream, were rescued safely by the personnel of NDRF and others in the early hours of Thursday, according to the news agency PTI.The tourists had gone to Mutyamdhara waterfall in Mulugu district on Wednesday and were stuck there as a stream was in spate making it difficult for them to come out of the forest area, official sources said.