Rains bring cheer to farmers

​Tirupati: Moderate to heavy rains reported in most of the mandals in Chittoor district, thanks to the depression in Bay of Bengal since Friday. ​Except few mandals most of the mandals even in the arid western part of the district experienced rains while the mandals near the coastline in Tirupati and Chittoor divisions received heavy rains. The mandals including Srikalahasti, Satyavedu, Nagalapuram, Varadaiahpalem, Buchireddypalem, Nagari, Yerupedu, Thottambedu, and BN Kandriga in the eastern part received heavy rains.

Official sources said the district received 1089 mm on Friday and 1272 mm cumulative rainfall on Saturday and the average rainfall in the district recorded was 16.5 mm and 19.3 mm respectively.

According to Regional Agriculture Research Station (RARS) Scientist Muralikrishna, the rains are more beneficial to the farmers, who are taking up Rabi crops including paddy, groundnut and also pulses though it not so in the case of mango. The rains are like to continue for another 24 hours, the MET officials said.