Maha: Nanded records excess rainfall as heavy showers pound parts of district

Heavy rains have been lashing most parts of Nanded district in Maharashtra with Dabhad circle in Ardhapur taluka recording more than 255 mm rainfall in 24 hours till Friday morning officials saidNanded has received excess rainfall so far this season as it recorded 1487 per cent rainfall they saidSeveral people living in floodprone areas were shifted to safer places on Thursday due to incessant rains an official saidOf the 89 circles where the rainfall is measured 58 recorded heavy showers he saidNanded city as well as rural parts of the district has been receiving heavy rainfall over the past couple of days The highest rainfall of 25550 mm during the 24hour period till around 8 am was recorded in Dabhad circle the official saidNanded rural recorded 225 mm rainfall Malegaon in Ardhapur 21650 mm Mugat in Mudkhed 18775 mm Nanded city 18225 mm he addedNanded has so far received 1487 per cent average rainfall Although 3761 mm of rainfall is expected in the district between June 1 and Julyend it has received 5591 mm rain till Friday morning according to the officialApart from Nanded heavy rainfall above 65 mm in 24 hours was recorded in two circles of Beed Patoda 7050 mm Kej 6875 mmIn Hingoli district eight circles also witnessed heavy rainfall The highest rainfall was recorded in Hayathnagar and Wasmat circles at 165 mm each Waranga in Kalamnuri 112 mm Girgaon 11425 mm the official saidAlso readMaharashtra Heavy rains lash Raigad five talukas record more than 200 mm rain in 24 hoursOther parts of Marathwada district have recorded aboveaverage rainfall with Osmanabad at 102 per cent Latur at 1016 per cent and Hingoli at 1091 per cent authorities saidMeanwhile Maharashtras Raigad district witnessed heavy showers in 24 hours with five talukas recording more than 200 mm rainfall an official said on FridayAs per the data shared by the district authorities the district recorded 1647 mm rainfall in 24 hours till 10 amUran Alibag Pen Panvel and Murud saw more than 200 mm rain while Roha recorded the lowest 1406 mm in 24 hours the data revealedMajor rivers in the district Kundalika Amba and Patalganga have exceeded the danger level while 24 dams are overflowing the official saidShrigaon dam has reached 80 per cent of its capacity while Punade is at 81 per cent Karle at 68 per cent and Ranivali at 66 per cent he saidThe total storage capacity of the dams in the district is 6826 million cubic meter and as on Friday it is at 6622 lakh cubic meters he saidMeanwhile a landslide occurred amid rains in Tajpur village in Alibag taluka on Thursday night another official saidNo casualty was reported in the incident the official saidThe administration has issued notices to the villagers to evacuate their houses and shift to a local school building he saidAccording to the administration a total of 341 houses have suffered damages in the district due to heavy rainfall in the last 10 daysAs many as 7469 people have been shifted to safer locations since the beginning of the monsoon season in JuneThe highest 2810 people were shifted in Mahad followed by Roha with 1351 and Khalapur with 1039 it was stated Agencies