Heavy rain lashes Chittoor, parched streams back to life
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Heavy rain lashed the district on Monday, with Vadamalapeta mandal recording the very best of 96 mm and B.Kothakota mandal receiving the bottom of 5 mm rainfall. The rain lined all 66 mandals of the district registering 2041.6 mm in whole.
It was downpour in Srikalahasti, Pichatur, Nagalapuram, Puttur and Nagari mandals between Sunday night time and Monday morning. Numerous streams down the Nagalapuram hills had been overflowing. The western mandals in Madanapalle income division too witnessed good rainfall for a single day.
The sudden downpour led to cascading waters at Saddikulla Madugu water physique on the foot of Nagalapuram hills. People of a number of villages gathered right here to benefit from the scene. The youth mentioned the streams had remained parched for the final 5 years, even after receiving a glimmer of showers this 12 months since June. The Sunday night time’s rain was so heavy within the forested terrain that a number of streams got here back to life.
‘Death trap’
Following heavy inflows within the Saddikulla Madugu water physique, which is infamous for top variety of casualties throughout wet season, the forest personnel from Satyavedu vary had to be on toes on a regular basis to stop vacationers from venturing deep into the forests.
All around the 12 months, the placement attracts a whole lot of youth from Chennai, who enter the water physique within the forests evading the vigil of the forest and police personnel. During the final one decade, the officers had launched a number of rescue operations right here.
Meanwhile, the Joint Director (Agriculture) N. Vijay Kumar instructed The Puucho that regardless of downpour within the district, there was no any crop harm because the kharif season was over, and rabi but to start.
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