Rain triggers fresh hopes among farmers in Kalaburagi, Bidar
The Hindu
Kalaburagi/Bidar farmers relieved as districts receive good rainfall; IMD issues moderate rainfall alert for next 3 hrs. Farmers in Kalaburagi & Bidar districts relieved as districts receive good rainfall; IMD issues moderate rainfall alert for next 3 hrs. Inflow to Tungabhadra Reservoir increasing, but Raichur & Koppal districts remain drought-hit.
Farmers in Kalaburagi and Bidar districts who were desperately waiting for monsoon rain to take up sowing finally heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday as the two districts received good spell of rainfall.
Several parts of Kalaburagi district received moderate to heavy overnight rainfall with Kalaburagi city recording the maximum of 10.4 mm of rainfall against a normal rainfall of 5.3 mm during the 24-hour period ended at 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Heavy rain lashed several parts of the district. The downpour that started at 10 p.m. on Monday continued till Tuesday evening.
As per data provided by the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Kamalapur taluk recorded the highest rainfall of 19.5 mm against a normal rainfall of 4.7 mm, followed by 16.2 mm in Kalagi taluk and 14.6 mm rainfall in Chincholi taluk.
Kalaburagi taluk recorded 11.4 mm of rainfall, Aland taluk 10 mm and Sedam taluk 9.7 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Afzalpur and Chittapur taluk each recorded 8.5 mm of rainfall. The lowest rainfall of 5.5 mm was recorded in Jewargi taluk.
Bidar district recorded 10.8 mm rainfall against a normal rainfall of 4.8 mm.
Humnabad taluk received the highest rainfall of 13.7 mm. Basavakalyan and Kamalanagar taluk each recorded 12.8 mm of rainfall, followed by 11.1 mm of rainfall in Aurad taluk. Bidar taluk received 9.8 mm rainfall, Bhalki 8.6 mm rainfall and Hulsoor taluk recorded 5 mm rainfall.
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