Telangana State may get huge relief from the roasting summer in the next 48 hours.
“If things go well, the south-west monsoons, which made landfall in Kerala on Friday, will hit the State in another three to four days after covering the Rayalaseema region of neighboring Andhra Pradesh in next 48 hours”, IMD Assistant Meteorologist M. Narasimha Rao said.
The State has already experienced pre-monsoon showers for the last couple of days, bringing down the maximum temperature considerably in some states of Telangana.
In fact, there was a heavy downpour in Hyderabad on Thursday night throwing normal life out of gear. Meanwhile, the temperature in Telangana region continued to remain high on Friday. Hyderabad recorded a maximum of 40 degree Celsius while Ramagundam was at 43.8 degree Celsius, whereas Nizamabad recorded a highest temp of 43.5 degrees.
It was predicted that the monsoon would arrive on May 30, a day earlier than the normal date, but it got delayed by six days, thereby creating anxiety among the farmers.
Last year, Telangana received 498.5 mm of rainfall against the normal of 755.2 mm. According to the 2014 monsoon report, the agricultural productivity has been affected in Telangana too, owing to the deficit rainfall. The report said that Telangana received a deficit rainfall of – 34 per cent.