New Delhi: The overall quantitative rainfall in India may not increase but the number of stations that record the rainfall ‘very heavy’ and ‘very heavy’ in the limited period increased, said Head of IMD M Mohapatra on Wednesday while moving this aspect of this Monsun made it even more important for Go for rainwater conservation in a great way.
He noted that the sloping distribution can affect agricultural operations unless there are enough efforts to save rainwater to support agriculture in the deficit period or the monsoon break phase.
Data shows the number of stations that record very heavy rainfall (115.6 to 2044.5 mm) in August increased from 401 in 2017 to 510 in 2018, 987 in 2019 and 1008 in 2020.
Similarly, the number of stations recorded very Weight (more than 204.5 mm)) rainfall, also in August, increased from 90 in 2017 to 165 years without actually influencing overall rainfall quantity during the Monsun period.
This means that the rest of the rainy season has seen much less rainfall.
Even though in 2021 had not seen this trend in August, the spatial distribution of rainfall was very tilted over the first three months of the rainy season with northwestern India, Gujarat and some Odisha facing limited rainfall.
However, northwest rainfall in Northwest India might affect the ongoing sowing operations as a region, having good irrigation facilities, not dependent on rainfed agriculture.
Overall, the area in the country as a whole will be above normal because of the good distribution of rainfall, at least, above the area of Maharashtra, up and MP.
The overall area of Kharif plant (rice, sugar cane, cotton, oil seeds, and rough cereal) may not cross the figure of last year’s recording area, but it will definitely be above the sitting area ‘normal’ (on average the last five years) of 1073 The last year of Hectare Lakh (LH).
Note shows that the overall area as on Friday has reached 1064 LH which is 34 LH more than the ‘normal’ (1030 LH) area of the appropriate period.
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