HYDERABAD: Bringing much-needed relief from scorching heat, several districts, including Hyderabad, received rains on Tuesday. Miyapur recorded the highest rainfall of 13.35 cm.
Areas such as Yousufguda, Koti, Gachibowli, Chandanagar, and Shaikpet also witnessed heavy showers. The average rainfall recorded in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits was 3.4 cm until 9 pm.
Several roads were flooded in the city and power supply disruptions were reported in many parts after trees got uprooted and fell on electric lines. The SCR cancelled five MMTS trains following rains.
Unseasonal rains also hit many parts of Hanamkonda, Mahabubabad, Warangal, Mulugu and Bhupalapally districts. Trees got uprooted and paddy and jowar harvest were damaged in hailstorms.
In erstwhile Karimnagar district, rain left paddy fields soaking and caused damage to mango crop. In Nancherla, Jagtial, electric poles were dislodged, resulting in power interruptions for several hours in various locations. In Poosala in Peddapalli district, rainwater flooded a procurement centre causing damage to heaps of paddy. Hailstorms damaged standing crops in Peddapalli district headquarters and Kalwa Srirampur mandal. In Medak district, two labourers died when an under-construction building collapsed due to rains.
CM Revanth Reddy, who was in Warangal, reviewed the rain situation in the city and directed GHMC officials to take up relief measures in low-lying areas and restore power supply on a war footing.
CM Meet cancelled
In Karimnagar, the tents and chairs arranged for the ‘Jana Jatara’ meeting to be addressed by CM Revanth Reddy were blown away by heavy winds, leading to the Congress cancelling the programme.