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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy connected Wednesday (May 27, 2026) directed officials to enactment connected precocious alert successful presumption of the orangish (weather) alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for respective districts of Telangana, arsenic wide dense rainfall lashed antithetic parts of the State.
The Chief Minister instructed officials to accelerate paddy procurement operations astatine each centres and guarantee further arrangements to support procured atom from rainfall damage. He emphasised that capable tarpaulins should beryllium kept acceptable astatine procurement yards to forestall paddy stocks from getting wet. Officials were besides told to displacement tarpaulins from centres wherever procurement had already been completed to locations inactive handling arrivals.
With the IMD informing of beardown gusty winds accompanying the rain, Mr. Reddy appealed to radical to stay cautious and alert.
Farmers distressed
Farmers successful respective parts of the State person alleged that delays and negligence successful paddy procurement are resulting successful losses, with stocks getting soaked successful the ongoing dense rains. They demanded that the authorities procure rain-soaked paddy arsenic well, expressing interest implicit the harm caused to atom stored astatine procurement centres.
Heavy rainfall accompanied by beardown winds lashed Mandamarri successful Mancherial territory connected Tuesday night. The gusty winds reportedly blew distant tarpaulin covers placed implicit paddy stocks astatine procurement centres, leaving the atom wholly soaked. In different incident, lightning struck a thenar histrion astatine Kannala colony successful Bellampalli mandal, mounting it connected occurrence and triggering panic among residents successful the surrounding area.
Telangana rainfall intensity
Several districts recorded dense to precise dense rainfall during the 24-hour play ending 8 a.m. connected May 27, according to information released by the Telangana Development Planning Society (TGDPS).
Mahabubnagar territory recorded the highest rainfall successful the State, with Kothamolgara successful Bhoothpur mandal receiving 112.3 mm of rain. Parpalli successful Koilkonda mandal recorded 108.5 mm, portion Bhoothpur registered 103.5 mm.
Amarachintha successful Wanaparthy territory received 89.8 mm rainfall, followed by Thimmajipeta successful Nagarkurnool territory with 88.8 mm. Kukuntla successful Mahabubnagar recorded 79.3 mm and Mahabubnagar municipality (tehsil bureau area) received 77.3 mm.
Other places that recorded important rainfall included Janampeta successful Musapet mandal of Mahabubnagar territory with 76.5 mm, Naykal successful Sangareddy territory with 73.5 mm, and Shanigaram successful Koheda mandal of Siddipet territory with 72.8 mm.
Kaloor successful Jogulamba Gadwal territory recorded 68.3 mm rainfall, portion Hathnoora successful Sangareddy territory received 68 mm. Angadi Kistapur successful Siddipet territory recorded 65.3 mm and Velgonda successful Wanaparthy territory received 64.3 mm rainfall.
Meanwhile, the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TGSPDCL) said adverse upwind conditions had damaged electrical infrastructure, resulting successful powerfulness proviso disruptions successful respective parts of Vikarabad municipality nether the Vikarabad Circle.
In a station connected X, TGSPDCL said tract unit were moving continuously to reconstruct proviso astatine the earliest and normalise energy services. The inferior besides expressed regret implicit the inconvenience caused to consumers.
