MUMBAI – Floods brought by heavy rains and overflowing rivers across large swathes of western and southern India have killed at least 60 people since Wednesday and damaged rice, cotton and other crops worth billions of rupees, officials said.
The rains damaged crops worth at least 20 billion Indian rupees ($272.16 million), the state Chief Minister’s office said in a statement late on Thursday.
In Telangana 50 people died, while in the neighboring western state of Maharashtra 10 people were killed because of wall collapses, electrocution and drowning in overflowing streams.
The rains also damaged rice paddies in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, while cotton, soybean and pulses were damaged in Maharashtra and Karnataka, traders said. (Reuters)
