Gujarat has seen 24% excess rain so far: Met Director

Gandhinagar:

Gujarat which has seen over 41% of the average seasonal rain so far, has in fact received 24% access rain, Director of the IMD center here and senior meteorologist Jayanta Sarkar said today.

He said that from June 1 till now the state has seen an excess of 24% of rain on an average.

‘Region-wise Saurashtra and Kutch have received 51% excess while Gujarat region consisting of South, North and Central parts of the state, has got only 5% more than normal figure,’ he said.

Sarkar said that so far Kutch district and rain has highest rain percentage of 62.24% followed by Saurashtra 47.82%, North Gujarat 40.84%, South Gujarat 39.87 and East Central Gujarat 29.36%.

The state rain average percentage till 8 am this morning was 41.07 %, he added.

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