Record rain in Marathwada

Official data showed that eight of the nine talukas from Beed district had reported heavy downpour on Friday and Saturday. Pendgaon (180 mm) and rural parts of Beed taluka (153mm), Dindrud (140mm), Gangamasla (135mm), rural parts of Majalgaon (121mm), Nitrud (115mm) and Talkhed (106mm) from Majalgaon taluka, rural parts of Wadvani (115mm) and Kaudegaon (113mm) from Wadvani taluka, Bardapur (112mm) from Ambajogai taluka and rural parts Kaij (106mm) and Vida (103mm) of Kaij taluka reported more than excess rain.
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 15km 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.
Beed residents recalled the downpour recorded in 1989. "I remember the city receiving such heavy rainfall almost 27 years back. Even then, the Bindusara river had flown above the danger mark," said Dilip Khisti, a resident of Subhas Road area.
Vehicular traffic on a bridge over Bindusara river on the National Highway no. 211 passing through Beed was stopped for a brief time as the river was flowing above the danger mark. State transport buses were diverted via local MIDC area and Khandeshwari temple. Road connectivity to 10 districts in the state and neighbouring states was also temporarily cut off.
Rahul Jawkar, a shop-owner from Mali-Ves area, said it was during his school days that Bindusara River had donned such a look. "I can vividly remember the deluge of 1989. I had gone with my parents to see the flood waters that time. I did the same today with my kids," said Jawkar.
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 due to latest heavy downpour. "In Georai taluka, we have received complaints of some percolation tanks and other local dams facing issues due to being filled to the brim. The NDRF teams have been summoned anticipating any possible breaches or over-flanking of different dams in the view of chances of further heavy rain," he said.
Suryawanshi said the flood-like situation in several areas of the district was improving as water had begun to recede from Saturday evening. The IMD has forecast heavy showers for the next four days till September 27 at isolates placed in the region.
Latur gets 63.66 mm rain
Latur, where reservoirs had run dry, received 63.66 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till Saturday morning. Gategaon (125 mm) from Latur taluka, Madansuri (107mm) and Panchincholi (101mm) from Nilanga taluka and Poharegaon (90mm) from Ausa taluka of Latur district reported heavy downpour. As per official data, five of the 10 talukas in the district reported heavy showers.
Moderate to heavy showers
The latest downpour brought good showers to almost all parts of Marathwada with Parbhani (57.19mm), Jalna (52.75mm), Nanded (50.08mm), Hingoli (45.32mm) and Osmanabad (41.92mm) also reporting moderate to heavy showers. At 19.16mm, Aurangabad district lowest rainfall among eight districts in Marathwada in the past 24 hours till Saturday morning.