The rains began around 3:30 AM, catching farmers off guard while they were fast asleep. Agriculture and horticulture officials later inspected the damaged fields in Palamakula and Nanganur mandals. BRS leader Japa Srikanth Reddy appealed to the government to conduct a crop loss assessment and provide compensation to the affected farmers.
Vinod Kumar examined crops damaged due to recent hailstorm in Mustabad, Pothugal, Sevalal Thanda, Gannevanipalli of Mustabad mandal and Obulapur of Thangallapalli mandal on Tuesday.
According to agriculture officials, 20,071 acres of land in 130 villages in 15 mandals of Kamareddy district were damaged in the hailstorm which lashed the district on March 16.
Vinod Kumar along with Choppadandi MLA Sunke Ravishankar and Collector RV Karnan examined damaged crops in Choppadandi and Ramadugu mandals in Karimnagar
An Indigo aircraft was damaged by hailstones, which left a significant impact on its radome and windshield. The aircraft was landing at RGIA in Hyderabad.
Adilabad: Some parts of erstwhile Adilabad district witnessed rains and hailstorm on Wednesday. Narnoor and Gadiguda mandal of Adilabad district saw a spell of hailstorm causing inconvenience to shoppers and small-time traders at a weekly bazaar in these two mandal centres. Farmers, however, said it would be beneficial to crops to be grown in the […]