Overview

• Five cattle grazers were stranded at Narmala near Gambhiraopet in Rajanna Sircilla district, prompting an SDRF-assisted rescue operation.
• Rescue teams used a drone to deliver food and drinking water to the stranded group in the presence of Collector Sandeep Kumar Jha and SP Geete Mahesh Babasaheb.
• In a separate incident near Lingannapet village, another cattle grazer was reported stuck atop a tree in floodwater and a rescue effort was in progress.
• Heavy rain in the district delivered 132 mm in Ellanthakunta and 92.5 mm in Gambhiraopet between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
• At 6:30 p.m., inflows into Upper Manair Dam reached 83,256 cusecs, taking the reservoir to its full capacity of 2 tmc ft as operations continued.