Hyderabad: Rains played truant for the month of July leaving the farmers shattered. The atmosphere became dry and mercury has been zooming up leaving people suffocated during the current rainy season. On account of rains in the upper riparian states, water is finding its way into state's irrigation projects. Severe dry spell prevails in the state. Barring the districts of Adilabad, KumrambheemAsifabad and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts, which have recorded more than average rainfall for July, the rainfall condition in Sangareddy, Medak, Siddipet, Janagoan, Yadadri-Bhongir, Malkajgiri, Medchal, Hyderabad, Mahabubabad, Wanaparty, Suryapet and Vikarabad is ringing alarm bells. These districts have recorded the lowest rainfall in the state. In rest of the 17 districts, the rainfall is more or less than the average rainfall. Humidity is on the wane in the district. Moreover, hot air is blowing from north-western direction. There is no low-pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal. The