The city received heavy rainfall on Sunday, a day ahead of the official date for the southwest monsoon to set in over the area. The usual date for the onset of the monsoon is June 15. The city recorded 17.8 mm rain by 8.30 pm. Youngsters danced with joy and a few unfortunate two-wheeler riders skid on the rain-drenched roads. The rain had its flip-side and showed that the city was ill-prepared.
Several low-lying areas were inundated and traffic was thrown out of gear. Traffic crawled in Punjagutta, Khairatabad, Somajiguda, Lakdi-ka-Pul, Ameerpet, Raj Bhavan, Dilsukhnagar, Saidabad, Paradise, Ranigunj and MG Road, Begumpet and Mettuguda as motorists gingerly negotiated sections covered by stagnated water.
“The early onset of monsoon is good for farmers, especially those in drought-hit parts of the state. For the last three years the southwest monsoon has been arriving here late June. But this time it has set in early,” said G. Subba Rao, meteorologist, Hyderabad Met Centre. The four-month monsoon season began on May 26, earlier than the usual date of June 1.
Meteorological reports said the monsoon would also cover Telangana and coastal AP by Monday evening. These areas can expect heavy rainfall due to formation of a so-called “upper air cyclonic circulation” over Telangana and Karnataka.
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