Although the monsoon often arrives in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh area by the top of June, good pre-monsoon rains over the past 4 days have made the area a surplus of rain forward of the paddy transplanting season. The area has already obtained 25 to 30% of the surplus rainfall that often happens in June.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the traditional rainfall within the area for June is 50.4 mm, 47.5 mm and 130.2 mm respectively, of which Punjab has already obtained 16.2 mm in opposition to the traditional 1.6 mm, which is 32% until June. is. 4. Haryana acquired 12.3 mm as in opposition to 1.9 mm, which is 25.8%, whereas Chandigarh acquired 19.1 mm in opposition to regular 6.6 mm.
In the final 4 days, Punjab has obtained 912% above regular, Haryana 546% and Chandigarh 189% extra rain. Punjab has obtained 10 mm extra rain than the corresponding interval final 12 months.
Except two districts of Haryana, Mahendragarh and Jhajjar, which recorded -52% and -17% of regular rainfall, all 41 districts of Punjab and Haryana obtained extra rainfall.
In Punjab, Moga tops the chart with 31.9 mm extra rainfall than the traditional 0.4 mm with 7,875%, adopted by Kapurthala receiving 4,485% 50.4 mm in opposition to the traditional 1.1 mm. Apart from this, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, Mohali, Patiala and Sangrur districts additionally obtained extra rainfall by 4,150%, 2,394%, 1,897%, 1,728%, 1,396% and 1,104% and 1,013 per cent respectively. The remaining 13 districts additionally obtained rainfall starting from 207% to 991%.
In Haryana, Sonepat recorded the very best rainfall of 4,325% amongst all of the districts, adopted by Karnal, Kaithal and Ambala with 1,935, 1,075 per cent and 1,011 per cent respectively. The remaining 15 districts obtained extra rainfall starting from 96 per cent to 764%.
Direct sowing of paddy has began in each the states and transplanting of paddy in Punjab will begin from June 10.
The water consuming rice crop is sown in about 42-43 lakh hectares. This consists of 30 to 31 lakh hectares of non-basmati selection which is accountable for depleting floor water stage in each the states.
Rainfall within the final 4 days can be extremely useful for DSR, which doesn’t require puddles and for its sowing, reasonable good rain is adequate.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
