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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Monsoon catches up, bolsters rice, pulses planting

Monsoon catches up, bolsters rice, pulses planting

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published Published on Jul 5, 2016   modified Modified on Jul 5, 2016
-The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Monsoon rainfall continued to lash fields across India, prompting farmers to rapidly plant rice, lentils and other crops as the crucial weather system is maintaining the momentum after a sluggish start.

Rice planting galloped to cover two and a half times the area sown last week, and caught up with last year's level even though sowing of crops began more than two weeks late. Planting of pulses also accelerated rapidly as farmers are lured to the crop due o high prices prevailing in the market. The Monsoon has covered the entire peninsular areas, the eastern states and raced up to the Himalayan northern states including Kashmir.

It is now poised to cover the agriculturally crucial states of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.

The India Meteorology Department said the monsoon will cover these regions by Sunday, which is expected to further accelerate crop planting. Northern India is likely to get heavier than normal rainfall in the coming week, while the west coast would be pounded with heavy showers for another 10 days.

Central India is expected to see heavy rainfall in the second week of the month, while parts of peninsular India will get subdued rainfall for some days, the weather office said. Southern India has so far received heavy showers, with total rainfall 24% above the 50-year average.

The surge in rainfall in the past 10 days has narrowed the season's rainfall shortfall to 11% from a worrying deficit of 25% in the middle of June. This is expected to fill up water reservoirs, which are still at a very low level.

Water level in 91 major reservoirs is still only 15% of total capacity, about the same as last week but half of the level at the same time last year. Weather scientists and officials say the reservoirs are likely to start showing higher water level from next week.

Northern India has seen heavy pre-mosoon showers, particularly in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, where cloudbursts have disrupted normal life as roads have been blocked by landslides and communication systems have been disrupted in some districts.

The weather office has forecast more heavy rainfall in the region in the next two days. Delhi and nearby areas are also forecast to get heavy rainfall in the next few days.


The Economic Times, 2 July, 2016, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/monsoon-catches-up-bolsters-rice-pulses-planting/articleshow/53015782.cms


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