"unseasonal-rains"

The crop has been plagued by various diseases and pest attacks, as well as unseasonal rains and hailstorms

Untimely rains, heat, shortage of arrivals attributed to rise of vegetable prices

Since more rains are predicted, farmers are rushing to procure tarpaulin covers to protect their crops from the rains and to dry the paddy as well

On Wednesday alone, Rs.474 crore was credited to the bank account of 32,558 farmers in AP, according to official sources.

The temperatures are likely to soar again and hover at around 40 degree Celsius in Hyderabad

State government has yet again appealed to the Food Corporation of India to relax the Fair Average Quality norms

Cloudy overcast conditions and low day-time temperatures have created ideal conditions for upper respiratory tract infections to thrive in Hyderabad

Thanks to the rains, the air the Hyderabad breathed this April was remarkably cleaner than even during the Covid-induced lockdown in April 2021

Since paddy fields have become muddy after the recent rains, the demand has gone up for track harvesters, which have tracks like war tanks instead of normal wheels

Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered officials to move paddy from the field to warehouses and other government-owned godowns

The Minister examined damaged paddy in fields in Guntapalli Cheruvu Thanda of Yellareddypet mandal and Veernapalli besides visiting the paddy procurement centre in Gopalapalli of Mustabad mandal on Tuesday.

Paddy farmers bore the brunt of nature's fury in Kamareddy district, with unseasonal rains accompanied by strong winds and hail storms lashing many parts of the district.

Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds with a speed of 40-50 kmph likely at isolated places over NCAP & Yanam, SCAP and Rayalaseema," IMD stated in their bulletin.

Out of 12,800 acres of mango orchards in Siddipet, the crop suffered damages in 5,104 acres, according to a preliminary survey, Horticulture officials said

A total of 312 houses and cottages in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra were partially damaged due to wind storms, hail, and unseasonal rain

Jagadish Reddy instructed the officials to file criminal cases against those who indulged in irregularities in Custom Milled Rice (CMR)

IT Minister KT Rama Rao said, "All the MLAs and other public representatives of the State should give assurance to the farmers in this difficult time."

The most affected areas were in the west and north of Hyderabad, where residents reported unscheduled power outages, incidents of trees getting uprooted and inundation.

Hailstorms coupled with strong winds dashed the hopes of farmers in the erstwhile Karimnagar district

Farmers suffered huge crop loss as the paddy had almost reached the harvesting stage in many places.