The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said the country has received “normal” rainfall during the four-month southwest monsoon from June to September. extended periods of rain. The IMD said that the northeast monsoon, which brings rain to the southern states from October to December, is also likely to remain normal.
IMD Director General Mrityunjay Mohapatra said that conditions are likely to become favorable for the onset of withdrawal of southwest monsoon from some parts of northwest India from around October 6. The withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from North West India usually starts from 17th September.
“Quantitatively, the 2021 all-India monsoon seasonal rainfall during June 1 to September 30 has been 87 cm, as against the 1961-2010 long period average of 88 cm (99 per cent of its LPA),” Mohapatra said. . “The Southwest Monsoon was normal (96-106 per cent of LPA) over the country during June-September for seasonal rainfall.”
This is the third year in a row that the country has recorded rainfall in the ‘normal’ or ‘above normal’ category. Rainfall was above normal in 2019 and 2020. The southwest monsoon is critical to the Indian economy, whose GDP is still heavily dependent on agriculture and allied activities. It is important for filling reservoirs used to supply drinking water and for irrigating vast areas of land.
The entire country received 110 per cent rainfall in June, 93 and 76 per cent in July and August respectively – the months that bring the maximum rainfall. However, the shortfall in July and August was compensated in September, which recorded 135 per cent of the LPA. In its four divisions, the IMD said, southwest monsoon rains were normal over northwest India (96 per cent) and central India (104 per cent), below normal in east and northeast India (88 per cent) and above normal in south Was. Peninsula India (111 percent).
In the northeast, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, western Uttar Pradesh and Lakshadweep received deficient rains. West Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, North Interior Karnataka, Gangetic West Bengal, Konkan and Goa, Marathwada and Andaman and Nicobar recorded excess rainfall during the monsoon season. The Southwest Monsoon made landfall in Kerala on June 3 after a delay of two days. It rapidly covered Central, West, East, Northeast and South India till June 15.
It also covered many parts of northern India, even Barmer and Jaisalmer – its last outpost – but the monsoon winds failed to reach Delhi, parts of Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. After this a silence was observed. It eventually covered parts of Delhi, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh on July 13, five days after its normal onset date, defying the IMD’s forecasts.
Mohapatra said it calmed down again from August 3 and entered the active phase on August 18. There was a big decrease in the month. It again entered an active phase. The season also saw the formation of 13 cyclonic circulations – low pressure, well marked low pressure area, depression, deep depression and cyclone – which are significant during periods of rainfall. “It is normal to have 13 systems, but they were not evenly distributed,” Mohapatra said.
Two low pressure areas were observed in June, two low pressure areas (LPA) and two well marked low pressure areas (WML) were recorded in July. Four LPAs were recorded in August. However, September one was recorded Cyclone (Rose), one deep depression and four WML, he said.
In its forecast for Northeast Monsoon, IMD said, Northeast Monsoon 2021 is likely to be normal (89-113 per cent of LPA). Northeast Monsoon brings rain to Tamil Nadu, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Kerala, South Interior Karnataka and Lakshadweep. Monthly rainfall over South Peninsula is likely to be normal in October 2021.
More rain recorded in Marathwada, 91 rain-related deaths recorded since June
At least 91 people have died while over 2.5 million hectares of farmland have been destroyed due to excess rainfall in Marathwada in the last four months, an official said on Wednesday. According to a report released by the divisional commissioner’s office in Marathwada, several areas of the region have suffered damage due to excess rainfall between June 1 and September 28. More than 25 lakh hectares of agricultural land of more than 35.64 lakh farmers has been damaged due to heavy rains. The official said it has rained so far this year.
Marathwada is generally affected by drought and water scarcity. Even during the monsoon, the weather in the region, which has reported a significant number of farmer suicides, is unpredictable. But this year the scenario was different.
The report said Nanded was the worst-affected district in the region, with 5.77 lakh hectares of land belonging to 8,38,645 farmers affected. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MLC Ambadas Danve has written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, demanding direct assistance to farmers up to 2 hectares. In his letter to Thackeray, Danve also urged that the wells damaged due to floods be repaired through employment guarantee schemes in Marathwada.
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