Untimely rain, hailstorm lash Yavatmal

Yavatmal: The district experienced untimely rain along with hailstorm at many places on Tuesday evening. Tehsils like Babhulgaon, Kalamb and Ner were hit hard by the hailstorm which destroyed ‘harbhara’ and ‘tur’ to a great extent. The rain lashed Yavatmal city also.
According to tehsildar Santosh Doifode, there was heavy rain and hailstorm in Babhulgaon where at least 16 villages are hit hard and the standing crops have been damaged.
In Ner tehsil a few villages have been badly affected. In Kalamb tehsil, hailstorm damaged the crops in Savargaon, Talegaon and Pimpal Khuti villages.
“We have ordered survey to ascertain the damages and the reports would be submitted to the government,” Doifode said.