HYDERABAD: Heavy rains lashed several parts of the state for the second day on Thursday proving a boon to standing crops like cotton in Telangana districts and paddy in the coastal districts. Though there was heavy rains, rainfall data available indicate that several districts received less rainfall than normal in July.Notwithstanding the active monsoon, paddy farmers in some parts of East Godavari district stuck to their decision of declaring crop holiday protesting against the unhelpful officials.Though there were no major damages due to rains, traffic snarls occurred in Khammam and Medak districts. Due to heavy rain in Yellanadu in Khammam district, the Mittapalli stream overflowed putting a stop to vehicular movement which was also obstructed on Khammam-Bhadrachalam and Kottagudem roads.However, the rainfall so far in Khammam district was just 80.5 mm against the normal of 314.0 mm. Officials said that the two-day rains would be helpful to standing cotton crop raised in 60,000 hectares and red gram in the district.Raising of nurseries and transplantation were on at a brisk pace in Krishna district. The rains would help upland farmers in the district where there is no canal irrigation. These works in Karimnagar district would be completed by the end of this month, said agricultural officials. But, there was not much rain in the district on Thursday.Meanwhile, minor crop damage was reported in Adilabad district. Cotton crop in around 540 acres was submerged in rain waters.A record 18 cm rain fall was recorded in Kaganti in Medak district followed by 17.5 cm in Dummugudem in Khammam district. Met officials said that Telangana region received good rainfall. Banswada in Nizamabad received 20 cm, Adilabad and Chennuru received 11 cm each respectively. In Andhra region, Veeraghattam received highest rainfall of 18 cm.Officials in Visakhapatnam said there was a possibility of heavy rains in all agency areas in coastal Andhra due to low pressure over the Bay of Bengal.
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