Amid a lowly monsoon season, a second dry spell is worrying farmers specially is western India, who fear that should the dry spell continue for a few more days, it could jeopardize the paddy crop which is at a critical stage.
Rainfall intensity decreased from the last week of July and the total rainfall has almost remained constant at just over 190 cms for several days. "The west end (as against the east end) monsoon draft had shifted to the foothills of the Himalayas and that caused a break in the monsoon conditions over most parts of India, including Goa," meteorology department director K V Singh said.
In parts of Western India, after the initial onset of the monsoon that was on schedule in the first week of June, there was a dry spell for about three weeks. After the first dry spell, a steady rainfall from June 25 to July 25 made up for the earlier shortfall.
By news desk
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