The heavy rains in the last few days have damaged more than 50 per cent of the agricultural and horticultural crops in Ranga Reddy district. Nearly 784 hectares of paddy crop and 1,236 hectares of horticultural crops were damaged in the last few days.
District collector B Sridhar sent a preliminary report to the commissioner of disaster management C Parthasarathy on the damage caused to the crops in the district.
Of the 784 hectares of paddy crop was damaged, 498 hectares are in Yacharam, 190 in Ibrahimpatnam, 60 in Doma, 30 hectares in Medchal and six hectares in Kandukur _ constituting 50 per cent of the total damaged paddy crop. The district also saw 50 per cent damage to horticultural crops in 1,236 hectares _ 215 hectares of vegetables in Shabad mandal, 60 hectares of mango in Kandukur, and 120 hectares of mango and 200 hectares of vegetables in Ibrahimpatnam.
Yacharam (220 hectares of vegetables and 120 hectares of mango), Manchal (50 hectares of mango and 50 hectares of vegetables), Shameerpet (28 hectares of mango), Medchal (32 hectares of mango), Quthbullapur (16 hectares of mango) and Shankerpally (15 hectares of papaya) were the other areas badly hit.