Heavy rains have damaged over 16,000 acres of crops in Medak district, in addition to earlier losses. Farmers face severe soil erosion and sand deposits after tank breaches, with demands for immediate government relief and compensation mounting
Heavy overnight rains devastated several Medak villages, forcing residents to abandon Ganesh festival preparations. Pandals were left incomplete, idols uninstalled and celebrations cancelled as floods cut off villages, disrupted power and caused acute shortages of food, water and livestock losses
BRS working president KT Rama Rao criticised the Congress government for neglecting flood relief in Telangana, demanding Rs 25 lakh aid for families of victims, crop compensation and Indiramma houses. He accused the government of using helicopters for electioneering instead of rescue
In Medak’s Marpally village, residents risked their lives to perform the funeral of a 22-year-old youth after heavy rains left the Gollavagu stream in spate. Using a JCB, tractor and ropes, they managed to reach the burial ground
Heavy rains lashed medak on sunday night, breaching tanks and culverts, disrupting traffic, and cutting road connectivity. multiple water bodies overflowed, causing fresh trouble as pothula boguda culvert collapsed and mothuku kunta tank breached again.