The rainfall in the district in the last two days gave a big relief to cotton, soya bean and vegetables growers. These crops literally got a new lease of life.
With early onset of monsoon rains in June, farmers had sown crops well in advance. Cotton was sown in 1.98 lakh acres followed by paddy in 40,000 acres, red-gram in 38,000 acres, maize in 32,000 acres and soya in 31,000 acres.
However, prolonged dry spell for more than three weeks made the crops wither and some of them had even reached the stage of wilting.
Patancheru had recorded 80 m.m. rainfall followed by Ameenpur and Ramchandrapuram 50.4 m.m. However, some of the mandals got lower rainfall since the beginning of the season. These mandals include Sadashivapet, Vatpally, Gummadidala, Jinnaram, Kondapur, Hatnoora, Munipally and Jarasangam.
Heavy rain lashed at several places in the district on Wednesday.
From the wee hours the rainfall was reported not only in the district headquarters but also from Zaheerabad, Andol, Patancheru, Jinnaram and Gummadidala.
“This will give a great relief for me. I had sown paddy and cotton. Now I am hopeful that my crops will be saved as it was stated that there will be rain for the next four or five days,” said Anjaiah, a farmer from Pulkal.
