Lack of sufficient rains cause worries in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has completed 36.28 percent rain of the average monsoon season this year. The total rainfall in Gujarat as on 8 AM today is 304.74 mm, as per a zone-wise rainfall report of today.

The district with the highest percent of rain of total monsoon is Anand where 47.07 percent rain is completed. The lowest percent of rain of total monsoon so far is reported in the district Aravalli which is 22.40 percent.

The taluka with the lowest percentage of rain of total monsoon is Lakhani taluka in Banaskantha district where 7.57 % rain is completed. The highest percentage of rain of total monsoon so far is reported in Anand taluka which is 71.67 %.

The total percentage of rainfall completed in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot district so far is 28.51 %, 42.01 %, 32.39 % and 35.26 %.

Meanwhile, worries are growing over delayed fresh spells of rain in the State. Maximum temperature rose by 5 degree Celsius in a week in the state due to absence of the rain. There is no possibility of rainfall in the next week and the rainfall is likely after 18th August in Gujarat as per latest IMD forecast. India Meteorology Department (IMD) stated that no systems to bring the rain in the state are active at present. The rain is likely to occur between 18th and 24th August in the state due to the possibility of pressure in the Bay of Bengal.

The Talukas with less than 15 % rain of the total monsoon in the state are Lakhpat in Kutch, Santalpur in Patan, Lakhani, Tharad and Wav in Banaskantha, Bhiloda in Aravalli, Galteshwar and Thasra in Kheda, Vichhiya in Rajkot, Uchchhal in Tapi.

Farmers in the state are concerned about the Kharif crops such as rice, cotton, moong due to absence of the rain. Farmers from many regions of Ahmedabad are worried due to the delay in the rain. However, farmers of Sanand, Daskroi, Bavla and Dholka are getting the irrigation water of Kharikat and Fatevadi canal.