There has been a large deficient rainfall in 28 of the 33 districts so far this month as the southwest monsoon is yet to reach Telangana with about -82% deviation from the normal with just 15 mm rainfall received out of the 83 mm normal to be received at this time of the year.
Vikarabad, Narayanpet, Jogulamba-Gadwal, Wanaparthy and Mahabubnagar have been listed as deficient as the rest of the 27 districts were largely deficient as per the statistics released by the TS Development Planning Society (TSDPS) on Tuesday.
Last year during the same time, TS had received 64.3 mm rain or a deficiency of 77%. Bhadradri-Kothagudem’s Aswapuram had received the high of 18.5 mm this year. The average rainfall received received daily is 0.1 mm as against 4.5 mm if there was normal rainfall. Within the GHMC, there has been 5.8 mm of rain as against the normal 71 mm or a deviation of -92%.
