Ranchi: Sudden change Season Rains lashed most parts of the state on Saturday, which will affect the farmers both positively and negatively.
Rain is a boon for those who had harvested Kharif and are preparing for Rabi sowing, it is injurious to growers who have not yet harvested their Kharif crop or can harvest the harvested crop without shed. left in the barn.
Under the influence of a low pressure, which originated over the Bay of Bengal and centered over North Interior Tamil Nadu and its neighbourhood, extended up to 3.6 km above sea level, causing rain in southern parts. Jharkhand, Ranchi recorded 19 mm of rain since Saturday morning, while Jamshedpur recorded 7.6 mm of rain.
According to a bulletin issued by the IMD, the trough now extends from a cyclonic circulation over North Interior Tamil Nadu up to Gangetic West Bengal in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and extends up to 0.9 km above mean sea level.
Ranchi IMD center director Abhishek Anand said that the rain activity is likely to continue over the southern and northeastern parts of the state in the next 48 hours. “The rainfall activity will subside later and there will be a drop in the day temperature during the next 48 hours,” he said. Night temperatures are likely to drop, leading to cloudy weather followed by winters.
Dr Abdul Wadood, Meteorologist of Birsa Agricultural University has advised farmers to dry their harvested crop to avoid fungal infection if it gets drenched in rain. “Ideally, the kharif crop should have been harvested by now, but due to delayed monsoon and delayed sowing in some parts of the state, about 30% of the crop cover is yet to be harvested,” he said, expressing concern. that the time of maturity of these crops. There will now be a delay of about a week due to the current rainfall.
Wadood said, “Farmers, who had harvested the kharif crop and were preparing their fields for rabi sowing, can make the best use of the rain after the rainy day is over and sow rabi ”
Rain is a boon for those who had harvested Kharif and are preparing for Rabi sowing, it is injurious to growers who have not yet harvested their Kharif crop or can harvest the harvested crop without shed. left in the barn.
Under the influence of a low pressure, which originated over the Bay of Bengal and centered over North Interior Tamil Nadu and its neighbourhood, extended up to 3.6 km above sea level, causing rain in southern parts. Jharkhand, Ranchi recorded 19 mm of rain since Saturday morning, while Jamshedpur recorded 7.6 mm of rain.
According to a bulletin issued by the IMD, the trough now extends from a cyclonic circulation over North Interior Tamil Nadu up to Gangetic West Bengal in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and extends up to 0.9 km above mean sea level.
Ranchi IMD center director Abhishek Anand said that the rain activity is likely to continue over the southern and northeastern parts of the state in the next 48 hours. “The rainfall activity will subside later and there will be a drop in the day temperature during the next 48 hours,” he said. Night temperatures are likely to drop, leading to cloudy weather followed by winters.
Dr Abdul Wadood, Meteorologist of Birsa Agricultural University has advised farmers to dry their harvested crop to avoid fungal infection if it gets drenched in rain. “Ideally, the kharif crop should have been harvested by now, but due to delayed monsoon and delayed sowing in some parts of the state, about 30% of the crop cover is yet to be harvested,” he said, expressing concern. that the time of maturity of these crops. There will now be a delay of about a week due to the current rainfall.
Wadood said, “Farmers, who had harvested the kharif crop and were preparing their fields for rabi sowing, can make the best use of the rain after the rainy day is over and sow rabi ”
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