Marathwada Region Records Excess Rainfall

Aurangabad: Marathwada, which is considered a drought-prone area in Maharashtra, has received rainfall of 1,041.5 mm during the rainy season this year with an average of 679.5 mm, while the parts continue to be pounded by heavy rain, a Saturday official said.
This region has received 153.27 percent rainfall so far, he said.
Officials previously said that at least 91 people had died, while more than 25 hectares of agricultural land were destroyed due to excess rainfall in Marathwada in the past four months.
Marathwada consists of eight districts – Aurangabad, Latur, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Nanded, Beed, Jalna and Hingoli.
“The isolated part of the four districts in Marathwada received heavy rainfall between Friday and Saturday.
The highest rainfall of 107.25 mm was recorded in the Vihamandwa circle of Paitan Teabasil in Aurangabad Regency in 24 hours ending 12 nights on Saturday,” said the Official of the Revenue Department .
The official said that rainfall above 65 mm was recorded in 12 circles in the Aurangabad District, Beed, Jalna and Parbhani starting on Friday.
Apart from Vihamandwa, Heavy Rain, Aurangabad, Balanagar (Aurangabad District), Ramnagar, Jamkhed, Talani (District Jalna), Beed Circle and Sirsala (BED District).
In Parbhani, Takli-Kumbhararna, Kipta and Sonpeth received a shower.
Water logging and floods occur in the Naregaon Aurangabad area due to heavy rains, he added.
The water level of Jayakwadi Dam, the largest in the region, reached 99.06 percent on Saturday morning.
The eighteen dam gate lifted to a height of 1.5 feet and water discharge had increased by 9,432 cusecs with a total debit of 28,296 to the Godavari River, said an irrigation official.
Aurangabad Guardian Minister of Subhash Desai on Friday took stock of rain situations in the district through video conferencing.
Talking about reviews, Sunil Chavan collectors then said in a video message, “63,000 farmers in the district have faced losses due to heavy rain in the last week of September.
Fourteen deaths were reported (in the district) since June 1 in the rain incident – assistance rs Each four lakh has been given to KIN from seven victims so far.
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