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Rains lash Krishna district
On average, the district registered 3.75 cm rainfall during the last 24 hours. People get respite from the sweltering heat across the district. In Vijayawada city, the temperature dropped to 24 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Pamarru mandal recorded the highest rainfall with 12.5 cm. Koduru recorded 9.4
Vijayawada: As many as 43 mandals in Krishna districts out of 50 received excess rainfall during the last few days giving a big relief to the people from the scorching heat. Vijayawada Urban, Vijayawada Rural, Gannavaram, Kruttivennu, Movva, Pamarru, Unguturu and Koduru mandals in Krishna district received more than 5 cm rainfall.
On average, the district registered 3.75 cm rainfall during the last 24 hours.
People get respite from the sweltering heat across the district.
In Vijayawada city, the temperature dropped to 24 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Pamarru mandal recorded the highest rainfall with 12.5 cm. Koduru recorded 9.4 cm, Unguturu 8.8 cm and Gannavaram mandal recorded 7.3 cm.
Vijayawada Rural and Vijayawada Urban recorded 6.3 cm each.
In Vijayawada city, drizzle continued till 9 am on Saturday giving a big relief from the scorching summer.
On the other hand, Penuganchiprolu and Reddigudem have recorded deficient rainfall.
Three mandals of Jaggaiahpet, Vatsavai and Mylavaram recorded normal rainfall.
Krishna district gets 4.3 mm average normal rainfall from June 1 to 4. But this year, the district recorded 3.94 cm average rainfall from June 1 to 4, according to a press release by district administration on Saturday.
In Vijayawada Urban and Rural mandals, the rain and drizzle continued from night to
morning.
In Vijayawada city, rain water logged at the low bridge road disrupting traffic since early hours of Saturday.
Municipal Commissioner G Veerapandian inspected the low bridge and asked the VMC officials to find a permanent solution to check the water logging problem.
Every year, the commuters face water logging problem at low bridge as the measures taken by officials fail to yield results. Electric generator installed at the low bridge near K Market to drain the rain water was out of order on Saturday. Consequently, the water stagnated at the low bridge disrupting the traffic.
The Municipal Commissioner also inspected Governorpet, Suryaraopet and other areas of the city and gave instructions to the VMC officials to ensure free passage of rain water through side drains. Similarly, water logged in Wynchpet, Mahantipuram and Gantapati Rao road in old city, Old RR Pet, Pinnamaneni Polyclinic road, Suryaraopet, Moghalrajpuram, Eluru road and other areas of the city.
Mayor Koneru Sridhar along with corporators and municipal officials inspected the outfall drain at the Nizam Gate Centre in Wynchpet on Saturday. The Mayor enquired about the progress of drainage works at the Nizam Gate Junction.
Thousands of people living in the low-lying area in Wynchpet face water logging problem. Rain water from nearby hill flows towards Nizam Gate outfall drain. Underground drain built under the railway tracks more than 80 years ago has not been modernised. This is the main problem for the stagnation of rain water in Wynchpet for many years.
