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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Poor monsoon will hit North-West India hard

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There is bad news for North-West India: these states are likely to be the worst affected in this year’s monsoon, and are expected to get only 81 per cent of the average rainfall. The Indian Meteorological Department’s forecast released Wednesday says major states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and the western part of Uttar Pradesh will get “deficient rainfall”, which in turn might adversely affect agricultural activities.

The forecast was made public on Wednesday by the IMD, which also predicted a “below normal” monsoon in the country as a whole this year. In April, it had predicted a “near normal” monsoon.

IMD officials did not categorically accept the “El Nino” factor as a direct cause for lower rainfall levels, claiming that the correlation between the two was yet to be conclusively established.

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1 Comments:

At June 26, 2009 10:02 AM , Blogger kayesharma said...

Even the Gods are angry with India ?
There is enough suffering already-poverty, hunger, deprivation . The monsoon gods can change the mood of the country, from rage, frustrations, and agony of deprived
necessities that sustain life- to 'hope' and 'will' to live!!!!
I hope the Met pundits are wrong this time .

 

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