Overview
- Two structures at government grain procurement centres in Kothuru and Gampalapalli failed during Tuesday night's heavy rain and gusts, killing four farmers and injuring several.
- Officials said tin-roofed sheds and old walls gave way as farmers took shelter while guarding paddy from the rain at the Luxettipet mandal sites.
- The dead were identified as Gundarapu Venkatesh, Thanugula Abhiram, Nelki Lachanna, and Thanugula Nagaraju, while the injured were treated in Luxettipet and later shifted to Karimnagar.
- Preliminary assessments point to unseasonal storms as the cause, with wider fallout that included snapped power lines, uprooted trees, blocked roads, and soaked grain stacks across Mancherial.
- BRS and BJP leaders pressed for ex gratia payments and immediate crop purchases, as authorities continued damage checks and probes and as some reports still differed on casualty counts.