Heavy rain lashes Chittoor dist., alert in low-lying areas
The Hindu
All 66 mandals report 2,184. 8 mm rainfall in a day
Heavy rain lashed several parts of Chittoor district during the last 24 hours ending Wednesday morning, with all the 66 mandals reporting 2,184.8 mm rainfall in total, the highest this week.
The eastern mandal of BN Kandriga received 12 cm of rainfall, while the western mandals recorded an average rainfall ranging from 48 mm to 7.4 mm. Varadaiahpalem, Srikalahasti, KVB Puram and Yerpedu also saw heavy downpour. Several streams in Chittoor revenue division were overflowing on the causeways, paralysing the public movement on gravel roads in the rural areas.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.