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A Santhi Kumari has directed District Collectors and SPs to be on high alert as the India Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rains in many parts of the State in the next 48 hours.

DGP instructed all the Commissioner and SPs to stay on alert and ask their subordinates to identify the low lying areas and take adequate measures in coordination with local authorities to prevent loss of life and property

Since IMD had forecast heavy rains in the next 24 hours, we are planning to lift the flood gates of the project and release water into the Godavari river, said SRSP Site Executive Engineer

With the State govt announcing holidays for educational institutions on Wednesday and Thursday, private schools have started conducting online classes to ensure uninterrupted learning for students.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has directed Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy to declare Wednesday and Thursday as holidays for schools across telangana

Mancherial is likely to see floods due to the heavy rains in upstream areas of Godavari and its tributaries, said Collector Badavath Santosh

Nine mandals in Khammam witnessed very light to moderate rainfall while the other mandals remained dry on Saturday

The government has asked all the collectors and the education department officials to ensure the closure of schools tomorrow

CM KCR asserted that the government employees from different department to work in tandem with each other and restore emergency services in the rain-affected areas

These are testing times for the community, and each and every police officer is standing shoulder to shoulder with the citizens we serve, said Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar

Kothagudem Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala held a review meeting at Bhadrachalam on the flood situation and directed officials to shift people in flood prone villages to relief centres

The red alert, with heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy rain accompanied with gusty winds of 30 to 40 kmph predicted on Wednesday

Collector instructed agriculture officials to gather bank account numbers of farmers and details of crop damage and to expedite the survey

Minister Jagadish Reddy also asked the officials to assess the damages caused to power transmission lines and electric poles due to rain and hail storms in the last few days in Telangana

Growers of the paddy, maize and the fruit requested the officials concerned to carry out a survey to assess crop damage and to provide compensation

The heavy rains have not only soaked the paddy in the drying yards and at procurement centres, but also flattened standing crops in the field causing agony to the farmers

Medak MLA M Padma Devendar Reddy visited several villages in Medak constituency to examine the crop loss

With rains last night and over the last couple of days wreaking havoc in agricultural areas in erstwhile Warangal, Karimnagar, erstwhile Mahabubnagar, Nizamabad, Siddipet and Nalgonda districts.

Farmer was electrocuted after he touched an iron fence through which electricity was passing after power wires snapped due to the rains

Though the monsoon season is at least two months away, the IMD has provided an early indication of its expected performance using the MME forecasting system