Shimla: Even though the rainy season is 10% less at Himachal Pradesh, it brings havoc in the state, claims 481 lives and destroys public and private property worth Rs 1,161 Crore.
Against normal rainfall 763.5 mm, this year’s Himachal Pradesh recorded 686.4 mm rainfall between June 1 and September 30.
Desert Kabupaten Cold Lahaul-Spiti recorded rainfall of less than 69% but still reported maximum flash flood incidents in the state.
In a flash flood in Toding Nullah in July, seven people were killed and three were lost.
Only two injured can be saved.
In repeated flash floods, fertile land people are also washed away and commercial plants suffer from severe damage.
In the village of Boh Sub-Division Shahpur in Kangra Regency a large landslide resulted in the death of 10 people, injured in the other five, while 11 houses were damaged on July 12.
A study revealed that the village was located in the center of the central crystal and there whether the presence of a lot of bird load material consisting of stone chips from the Morang formation and also disposed of massively large-scale granite Dalousie.
This study says relapse of debris or banjir bandang incidents cannot be ruled out.
It also suggests rehabilitation of BOH and regions side by side with a safer location.
Kangra Kangra reported 8% less rainfall, Chamba received 44% rainfall, sirmail and una 14% less and 11% solane.
The cumulative post-monsoon seasonal activity (from October 1 to December 21) shows Himachal Pradesh received excessive rainfall, such as against 69.2 mm normal rainfall received 73.7 mm.
Bilaspur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Sirmail, Solan, Shimla and Una received excessive rainfall, while Chamba, Hamirpur, Lahaul-spiti and bathing received less than usual.
Variations between districts, Southwest Monsun Rainfall in the June-September period in the Northwest Indian subdivision consisting of seven states and three union areas remained normal.
According to data from the Meteorology Department of India (IMD), rainfall in northwest India is 575.9 mm, which is 4% below normal.
UTS of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh received less rainfall (more than 19% below normal) while Delhi and Haryana recorded excessive precipitation in June-September.
Of the total 23 districts in Punjab, cotton belt district Fazilka and Mansa, Barnala, Sangrur (including Malerkotla) and Mohali recorded rainfall which was temporarily lacked (more than 20-59% normal) in Faridkot, Bathinda, Ludhiana and Jalandhar, and Jalandhar, and Most of the advantages (more than 60% normal) in the chapurthala.
The rainfall is normal in the remaining part.
In Haryana, only two northern districts of Panchkula and Ambala who recorded rainfall which disadvantaged while remained normal, excessive, or most overdoing in the remaining 20 districts.
Arrived early but got slow: even when the rainy season hit the territory of the early northwestern India, rainfall data for June revealed that rainfall was a shortfall (more than 20% -59% below normal) or less (more than 60%)) In nine of the 22 Haryana Regency, five of the 23 districts in Punjab and four out of 12 at Himachal Pradesh.
In accordance with the data of IMD, even though Punjab, Haryana, HP and Chandigarh received normal rainfall in June, the progress of the monsoon was slow.
Southwest Monsun has reached HP and parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on June 13.
After a good three-day shower in the region, the progress of the rainy season stopped.
Data hides deeper stories: The rainfall number will tell everything overall normal, almost.
However, the 2021 Monsun will be the person who will talk about anecdotes – how it seems that the rain will continue and continue, how the price of vegetables soars between when it rains destroys young plants and how many small environments that have the disposal of rain causes highly localized floods.
The rainy season in this region creates grumpy traffic, flooding and rather chaos, but every time only for several hours.
Cotton farmers in some parts of the Punjab face problems when rain destroys their plants in one season when prices on the market are open higher than MSP.
However, rice farmers in Punjab and Haryana were not much affected, with water content into problems in several places.