Heavy rains disrupt life in Adilabad, Mancherial and Asifabad
Heavy rains lashed erstwhile Adilabad, Mancherial and Asifabad districts, submerging bridges, flooding colonies and cutting off villages. Tamsi mandal recorded 173 mm rainfall, the highest in Telangana. Farmers reported damage to cotton and other crops and sought official surveys and relief
Adilabad: Heavy rains lashed several parts of erstwhile Adilabad district, disrupting normal life on Saturday.
Tamsi mandal of Adilabad district recorded the highest rainfall in the State with 173 mm, followed by Talamadugu with 170 mm. Adilabad Urban, Jainad, Gudihathnoor, Indervelli, Gadiguda, Ichod and Sirikonda mandals received very heavy rainfall ranging from 110 mm to 165 mm between Friday midnight and Saturday afternoon.
Bela, Bazarhathnoor, Narnoor, Utnoor, Boath, Neradigonda and Bheempur mandals witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall. Swollen streams cut off connectivity to several remote villages. Traffic on the Adilabad–Utnoor–Asifabad route was disrupted for several hours after a stream near Thosam village in Gudihathnoor mandal overflowed.
A low-level bridge across the Penganga river was submerged following heavy upstream rains in Maharashtra, snapping road connectivity between Telangana and Maharashtra at Anandpur. Another bridge at Tharanam village in Jainath mandal was inundated, affecting travel between Adilabad town and villages of Jainath mandal.
Several colonies in Utnoor, Indervelli, Bela and other parts of the district were submerged, forcing residents to evacuate. People in interior areas said they were cut off and struggled to reach mandal headquarters and towns even during medical emergencies.
In Mancherial district, Kannepalli mandal received 140 mm of rainfall, while Bheemini recorded 118 mm. Jaipur, Mancherial, Naspur, Hajipur, Bellampalli, Mandamarri, Bheemaram, Dandepalli, Luxettipet, Thandur, Chennur and Vemanapalli mandals recorded rainfall ranging from 15 mm to 125 mm. Several residential colonies in Luxettipet, Mandamarri and Mancherial towns were inundated, with residents saying they spent sleepless nights as water entered their homes.
In Kumram Bheem Asifabad district, a house collapsed in Balaji Anukoda village of Chintalamanepalli mandal. Floodwater overflowed a low-level bridge at Ainam village in Dahegaon mandal, cutting off several villages. Bejjur, Chintalamanepalli and Koutala mandals on the banks of the Pranahita river were also isolated as local streams were in spate.
Farmers expressed concern as standing cotton, red gram, soya, green gram and other crops were damaged in several parts of the four districts. They urged officials to conduct surveys to assess crop loss and extend relief measures. Meanwhile, seasonal waterfalls roared back to life, drawing nature lovers.
