Incessant rain in the past three days has changed Marathwada's dry region image overnight, especially in Beed district that registered up to 180 mm rainfall in a day . Two dams that were in dead storage until Thursday are now filled to over 80% of their capacity .
After battling drought for four consecutive years, the Beed district administration has now issued a flood alert in many parts as the district has roped in teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to manage any disaster. At least three persons from Beed are missing and feared to have drowned.
The latest downpour has taken the total rainfall in Beed district to 668.36 mm, which is just over 100% of the annual average rainfall. Beed is now just the second drought-hit district in the region to meet its annual rainfall expectation. Parched Latur district has recorded 906.79mm so far, which is over 113% of its annual rainfall.
The India Meteorological Department's heavy rainfall alert held true in several other parts of Marathwada too, including Latur, Parbhani and Nanded districts. As many as 129 circles from Marathwada region have reported heavy rainfall, which is more than 65 mm in 24 hours, till Saturday morning.
Official data showed that eight of the nine talukas from Beed district had reported heavy downpour on Friday and Saturday . In Beed city, the main ST bus stand, Subhash Road and several low-lying areas were completely waterlogged throwing routine life completely out of gear.
The Bindusara dam, located around 15 km from city , began overflowing on Saturday morning, drawing hundreds of youths to its backwaters.The discharge from the dam caused the Bindusara river, a tributary of the Godavari, to flow above danger level for a few hours on Saturday morning. Vehicular traffic on a bridge over Bindusara river on the National Highway no.211 passing through Beed was briefly stopped, as the river was above the danger mark.
Beed resident deputy collector Chandrakant Suryawanshi said barring two major dams, most of the remaining 140 dams in the district were filled to full capacity by Saturday afternoon .
Latur, where reservoirs had run dry , received 63.66 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till Saturday morning. The latest downpour brought good showers to almost all parts of Marathwada, with Parbhani (57.19 mm), Jalna (52.75 mm), Nanded (50.08 mm), Hingoli (45.32 mm) and Osmanabad (41.92 mm) also reporting moderate to heavy showers.
At 19.16 mm, Aurangabad district recorded the lowest rainfall among eight districts in Marathwada in the past 24 hours until Saturday morning.
After battling drought for four consecutive years, the Beed district administration has now issued a flood alert in many parts as the district has roped in teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to manage any disaster. At least three persons from Beed are missing and feared to have drowned.
The latest downpour has taken the total rainfall in Beed district to 668.36 mm, which is just over 100% of the annual average rainfall. Beed is now just the second drought-hit district in the region to meet its annual rainfall expectation. Parched Latur district has recorded 906.79mm so far, which is over 113% of its annual rainfall.
The India Meteorological Department's heavy rainfall alert held true in several other parts of Marathwada too, including Latur, Parbhani and Nanded districts. As many as 129 circles from Marathwada region have reported heavy rainfall, which is more than 65 mm in 24 hours, till Saturday morning.
Official data showed that eight of the nine talukas from Beed district had reported heavy downpour on Friday and Saturday . In Beed city, the main ST bus stand, Subhash Road and several low-lying areas were completely waterlogged throwing routine life completely out of gear.
The Bindusara dam, located around 15 km from city , began overflowing on Saturday morning, drawing hundreds of youths to its backwaters.The discharge from the dam caused the Bindusara river, a tributary of the Godavari, to flow above danger level for a few hours on Saturday morning. Vehicular traffic on a bridge over Bindusara river on the National Highway no.211 passing through Beed was briefly stopped, as the river was above the danger mark.
Beed resident deputy collector Chandrakant Suryawanshi said barring two major dams, most of the remaining 140 dams in the district were filled to full capacity by Saturday afternoon .
Latur, where reservoirs had run dry , received 63.66 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till Saturday morning. The latest downpour brought good showers to almost all parts of Marathwada, with Parbhani (57.19 mm), Jalna (52.75 mm), Nanded (50.08 mm), Hingoli (45.32 mm) and Osmanabad (41.92 mm) also reporting moderate to heavy showers.
At 19.16 mm, Aurangabad district recorded the lowest rainfall among eight districts in Marathwada in the past 24 hours until Saturday morning.
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