Despite a fortnight coming earlier this 12 months and bringing with it further rains, over two dozen districts in Punjab and Haryana – each paddy producers – are recording poor rainfall.
This 12 months noticed an early monsoon after a spot of 13 years. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned that the warmth wave circumstances are more likely to lower in Punjab and Haryana within the subsequent 72 hours.
Normally the monsoon arrives on this area from 28-29 June. However, this 12 months, a low stress trough over northern Bay of Bengal made circumstances favorable for sudden enhance in rainfall and Monsoon reached the area on June 13.
Overall, Chandigarh, the mixed capital of the 2 states, had recorded 17 per cent much less rainfall than required, whereas Punjab and Haryana recorded 7 and 13 per cent much less rainfall, respectively, until July 2, sources in IMD Chandigarh mentioned. It was raining in additional than two dozen districts. Both the states have acquired scanty rainfall on this monsoon season.
Paddy transplantation is underway in each the states, the place an space of ​​about 43 lakh hectares is used to develop rice. Most of those 43 lakh hectares are used for rising paddy (a water consuming crop).
In each the states, 29 districts have acquired poor rainfall, together with 13 out of 23 districts in Punjab and 16 out of twenty-two in Haryana.
In Punjab, which has a big space below paddy, Fazilka and Barnala districts acquired 63 per cent much less rainfall, Amritsar 48 per cent much less, Sangrur and Mansa acquired 38 per cent much less and 34 per cent much less rainfall, respectively. Firozpur, Fatehgarh, Patiala and Hoshiarpur additionally acquired 28, 16, 13 and 10 per cent much less rainfall than regular. Rupnagar, Mohali, Tarn Taran and Nawanshahr districts had been additionally within the checklist of districts that recorded the least rainfall.
Additional rains had been recorded in 5 districts of Punjab, together with Kapurthala (93 per cent), Ludhiana (55 per cent), Jalandhar (46 per cent), Faridkot (53 per cent) and Moga (25 per cent).
Records present that in Haryana, Panchkula tops the chart in poor rainfall, receiving solely 30 per cent of the required amount. Gurgaon, Charkhi Dadri, Mangergarh and Rohtak districts additionally acquired 62 % much less, 50 % much less, 42 % much less and 41 % much less rainfall, respectively.
In Haryana, 4 districts have recorded extra rainfall thus far – Sirsa (257 per cent), Fatehabad (56 per cent), Hisar (37 per cent) and Sonipat (32 per cent).
Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh had recorded 184 per cent, 136 per cent and 219 per cent of the conventional rainfall between June 1 and June 13, however inside two weeks, the excess rain was diminished as a result of present warmth wave.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
