Hyderabad: 

In the city, places like TGPA junction, Bandlaguda Jagir, Hydershakote, Attapur, Narsingi, Tolichowki, Shaikpet, and Nanal Nagar were hit by hail in the evening. Meanwhile, other areas such as Madhapur, Miyapur, Kukatpally, Hitech City, Gachibowli, Jubilee Hills, Mehdipatnam, Khairatabad, Nampally, Ameerpet, and Sanathnagar received moderate rainfall.

Some areas in Hyderabad saw rain and hail on Thursday evening. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that light to moderate rain will continue for the next six days. A yellow alert has been given for thunderstorms along with lightning and strong winds between 30 to 40 kmph across many districts for the coming four days.

The highest temperature in the state on Thursday was 41.8°C in Adilabad, and Hyderabad recorded a maximum of 40.8°C. For the next two days, the city is expected to have partly cloudy skies. Daytime temperatures may reach around 38°C, while the night temperature may fall to 25°C. The winds are expected to blow from the southwest at speeds between 4 and 8 kmph.

Rain damages stored paddy in Khammam, farmers upset

Bonthu Rambabu, the district secretary of Telangana Rythu Sangham, said the situation could have been avoided. He visited Enkoor mandal to check the soaked paddy after the rainfall. According to him, farmers had been waiting for nearly 20 days to sell their paddy which was lying in procurement centres, but the government did not provide even basic things like gunny bags to pack it.

Heavy rain and strong winds hit Khammam district on Wednesday night, causing huge losses to farmers. Lakhs of quintals of harvested paddy got wet. Farmers and local leaders are blaming the government and officials for not taking proper action.

Because of this, the paddy was kept in the open and got wet in the rain. Rambabu added that no tarpaulins had been given for the last five days, and even the paddy that had already been packed in sacks was not shifted to the mills. This caused even the packed grains to get soaked, increasing the damage and angering farmers even more.

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