‘Enhanced activity’ to bring good rainfall in several parts: IMD

In the last 40 years, the highest rainfall deficiency was recorded in drought years 2009 (21.8 per cent), 2002 (19.2 per cent), 1987 (19.4 per cent), 1979 (19 per cent) and in 1982 (14.5 per cent), said IMD officials.

The current spell of rain has also helped in bringing down the regional deficiency to a large extent.

Quoting IMD Director General Laxman Singh Rathore reports said that there is a circulation in both the sides of the country.

With the IMD predicting rainfall over north-west and eastern regions during the next few days, the overall deficiency in the monsoon is expected to decline further. It now passes through Hissar, Amritsar, Barmer and Ajmer, the IMD said.

There is another low pressure area in Jharkhand and adjoining areas of Gangetic West Bengal and Bihar.

Skymet, the private weather forecasting agency, said, “The situation seems to be improving now”. The whole of plain region, that includes Delhi, west Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh, may receive some rainfall till September 23. “This rainfall episode may be the last spell of monsoon rains”.

After the widespread rainfall in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, the overall monsoon deficiency has been reduced to 13 per cent in the country, although several parts are still reeling under acute water shortage. The deficiency in central Maharashtra, Marathwada, Konkan and Goa now stands at around 28%, 36% and 29% respectively.