Tirupati: The heavy rains that lashed the pilgrim city for about three hours left many areas submerged in water causing inconvenience to people on Saturday. However, municipal workers including health and engineering departments and officials braving heavy rains plunged into action and undertook restoration works. Their tireless efforts facing heavy rains saw normalcy restored in most of the areas by afternoon. Tirumala hills also witnessed heavy rains, resulting in heavy water gushing out, flowing on Alipiri and Sreevari Mettu footpath making it difficult for the pilgrims taking the footpath to reach Tirumala and also returning. The two waterfalls – Malvadigundam and Kapilatheertham – were overflowing due to heavy rains in Tirumala forest.