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East and north-east India will get 92% of the LPA which falls under the below normal category. The risk remains high for Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, while it will be marginal for north-east India, Skymet said.
North-west India that comprises all north Indian states will receive 96% rainfall, which falls on the border line of normal and below normal rainfall category. Hilly states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are likely to perform better than the plains of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi- NCR, the Skymet said.
Central India is likely to receive rainfall of 91% of the LPA. Rainfall in Vidarbha, Marathwada, west Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat will be “poorer than normal”. This is likely to aggravate the situation as Marathwada and several parts of Gujarat been facing farm distress and drought like situation.
Conditions will be more or less similar in South peninsula.
“North interior Karnataka and Rayalaseema may see poor rainfall. Kerala and coastal Karnataka are likely to perform better,” Skymet said.
The I ndia Metrological Department (IMD) last month forecast average rainfall over the June-september monsoon season. The weather office will update its forecast in the first week of June.
The monsoon season delivers about 70% of India’s annual rainfall and is key to the success of the farm sector in Asia’s third-biggest economy. India is the world’s biggest producer of cotton and pulses and the second-biggest producer of sugar and rice. stubble this time. Most of the stubble burning is over and fields are being prepared for monsoon now. Wheat leaves behind a short stubble of 1 or half an inch which is burnt off to save money. Using machinery is expensive,” said Harinder Singh Lakhowal, general secretary, Bharatiya Kisan Union in Punjab.
The air quality could improve in the next few days, although IMD’S bulletin on Monday said dust-raising winds are likely over north India till Tuesday evening.
“There is heating and strong westerly to south westerly winds, bringing dust from Rajasthan and adjoining areas. I think the fires in Uttarakhand and Haryana will have localised impact. They may only have minor impact in Delhi. We are expecting thundershowers in the next three to four days, and the dust particles are likely to settle down after that,” said BP Yadav, head of IMD’S regional meteorological centre.
According to the officials, the dust raising winds could lead to similar polluted conditions for next three to four days. “The rise in pollution in Delhi-ncr is due to dust raising winds coming from Rajasthan. The areas which will receive light rain may see a reduction in pollution,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, New Delhi. Rouhani said Iran and India were prepared for joint ventures in gas and petroleum. He sought India’s investment in these areas, as well as in industry and mining.
India is helping Iran develop Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman for trade with Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan, which has refused to provide New Delhi access through a land route.
India committed up to $500 million for the development of Chabahar along with associated roads and rail lines. This project is unlikely to be hit by the US sanctions on Iran.