A 37-year-old cab driver, Mahesh, died by suicide at his residence in Vidyuth Nagar Colony, Kolluru municipality, Sangareddy. Police said financial distress drove him to end his life by hanging when his wife and son had gone for Ganesh puja.
When farmer Manne Lingaiah (65) lost hope of getting rain after an extended dry spell, he hired a water tanker by spending Rs.2,000 on each trip to save his paddy nursery.
The multipurpose project, built at Singur village in Pulkal mandal across river Manjeera, had 40,000 acres of ayacut in Pulkal, Andole, Munipally, Chowtakur and Sadasivapet mandals.
