Heavy rains lashed Telangana State

Heavy rains lashed Telangana on Friday, bringing much-needed relief to farmers.

Heavy rain occurred at a few places in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, and at isolated places in the districts of Warangal Rural and Kamareddy. Several parts of the erstwhile Warangal district received moderate to heavy rainfall on Friday. No untoward incident was reported due to the downpour.

Farmers expressed happiness over the rain as it was good for the crops, mainly cotton. Bogatha waterfall in Wazeedu mandal was receiving good inflows due to the rains. But, works in the open cast mines (OCP) of Bhupalpally were hit, causing a



loss of nearly Rs 1 crore to Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL).

The highest rainfall of 8 cm was recorded at Venkatapuram in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district over the last 24 hours.

Hyderabad and its surrounding areas in erstwhile Ranga Reddy district too witnessed incessant rains with brief intervals over the past 24 hours. The Meteorological department predicted heavy rains at isolated places across the State for another 48 hours.

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers were very likely at most places in Telangana over the next five days.