Parts of Karimnagar, Warangal witness record rainfall

Warangal: With continuous downpour from Sunday night to Monday morning, several parts of the erstwhile Karimnagar and Warangal districts witnessed the highest amount of rainfall for the first time in the summer.

In Jangaon district, the highest amount of rainfall was recorded in Deveruppula mandal which was about 123.5 mm followed by Palakurthy 98.1 mm and Lingala Ghanpur mandal 86.9 mm.

In Warangal district, Raiparthy mandal recorded the highest amount of rainfall which was about 86.6 mm followed by Warangal fort that saw 64.2 mm rainfall.

In Karimnagar district, the city recorded the highest amount of rainfall of 91.8mm followed by Karimnagar rural mandal 86.8 mm.

In Peddapalli district, the highest amount of rainfall of about 71.9 mm was recorded in Sultanabad mandal followed by Peddapalli and Dharmaram mandal that saw 60.3 mm rainfall.

In Jagtial district, the highest rainfall was recorded in Velgatoor mandal with 75.5mm followed by Buggaram that recorded 70.5 mm rainfall. In Rajanna Sircilla district,  Sircilla recorded 47.2 mm rainfall followed by Vemulawada 42.3 mm rainfall.

With unscientific construction of drains and beautification of the Warangal and Karimnagar under Smart City project, the roads were flooded with overflowing of water from the drains forcing people to walk through knee-deep waters in various colonies.

Mango, maize and chilli crops were worst affected with sudden unexpected rains causing a huge loss to farmers. It has become a daily routine for the past week for the farmers to dry their produce during the day time and protecting it from being drenched with heavy rainfall at night. They are also facing another problem of waiting at procurement centres without any proper facilities for the officials to purchase their produce.