Updated March 4, 2018 5:00PM IST

Heavy rain and hailstorm hit Sikar district in Rajasthan on Sunday. As per the reports, it was cloudy since morning on Sunday but in the afternoon, dark clouds, strong winds started and soon there was heavy rain and hailstorm in the area.

As per the locals, the hail were of the size of small pebbles and but there was so much hail that even roads and pathways were entirely covered with them and normal traffic remained disrupted for sometime.

It is said that hail at this time is not beneficial for the crop and it would damage the standing crops. Although a large part of the wheat crop and gram crop would be affected by the hail.

Notably, rain has lashed Sikar after it was extremely hot for the past 5-6 days.