Heavy downpour lashes Telangana, IMD issues alert

Heavy rainfall hit Telangana on Thursday due to a depression over Chhattisgarh and the active southwest monsoon.

IMD issued a red alert for Adilabad and Jagtial districts, orange for six districts, and yellow for eight, including Hyderabad.

Wazeedu in Mulug district recorded the highest rainfall of 165.8 mm; 13 places received heavy rainfall between 118 mm and 165 mm.

Streams overflowed in Adilabad, Nirmal, Mancherial, and Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, disrupting road links.

Kadem Narayana Reddy Project lifted five spillway gates to release 38,140 cusecs of floodwater downstream.