New Delhi: On Friday, the IMD officials said that monsoon would arrive in Telangana within five days, however, the monsoon not just arrived but covered the entire state by Saturday.
This continuous and dramatic deviation between the predicted and actual monsoon dates by the IMD this year is because of the Cyclone Ashooba, which diverted the monsoon from its original track along with some other climatic factors.
On Saturday, many areas of TS, including Hyderabad, received rainfall. Heavy rainfall was witnessed at Saroornagar in the city, where it rained 14 cm inundating the low lying areas, and also at Sultanabad (8.1cm) in Karimnagar and Madnur (7.2 cm) in Nizamabad.
Rainfall brought traffic to standstill at some places due to waterlogging in Hyderabad, especially at Lower Tank Bund, Puranapul graveyard, Fiza Hotel, Danamma Hut towards Baba Kanta and at Patny. Normal rainfall was witnessed in almost all districts of the state.
