"unseasonal-rains"

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.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who visited erstwhile Khammam, Warangal and Karimnagar districts on March 23 announced a relief of Rs 10,000 per acre

Crops over 3 lakh acres were damaged in Andhra Pradesh due to unseasonal rains and thunderstorms a week ago

According to a report submitted to CM KCR, crops in 69,838.79 acres were damaged causing huge loss to 54,152 farmers due to unseasonal rains in Warangal

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is also likely to interact with affected farmers after inspecting the damaged crops

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asked the district ministers concerned, the Chief Secretary and the agriculture department officials to get details of the damages due to hailstorms

Summer is here already and mango lovers may have to shell out extra for relishing the fruit this season as farmers appear to be not excited about the yield

Khammam: Several parts in erstwhile Khammam witnessed thunderstorms which disrupted normal life on Monday. Karepally, Chintakani, Konijerla and other mandals in Khammam, Yellandu, Julurpad and other mandal in Kothagudem district witnessed unseasonal rains accompanied by high velocity winds and lighting. Trees were uprooted and fell on main roads at many places leading to traffic jams […]

Kothagudem: Unseasonal rains wreaked havoc at several places and disrupted normal life in Kothagudem district on Sunday. Kothagudem, Bhadrachalam and Paloncha towns witnessed heavy rainfall accompanied by heavy gales and lightning. Large trees on the main roads and in the residences were uprooted and their branches broke off at many places. Similarly electric poles and […]