Shaligouraram (Nalgonda): Even as the farmers are coping with losses after a torrential southwest monsoon that hit the State, unseasonal rains caused by a cyclone formed in the Bay of Bengal these past few days has increased distress to farmers. After months of hard work, their paddy crops that were ready for harvest are soaked and damaged by the unexpected downpour, leading to huge losses.

In Nalgonda district’s Shaligouraram mandal, continuous heavy rainfall was recorded from 8 am to 1 pm on Friday, with the mandal headquarters receiving an unprecedented 93.3 mm rain. Around 2 lakh quintals of paddy stored in various procurement centres across the mandal were drenched due to the rain. In several low-lying centres, heaps of paddy were washed away by floodwaters, while in other places ra

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