The Telangana sub-division in southern peninsula may look forward to some relief from a lash of poor monsoon as moderate to heavy showers are expected in the approaching week.
The Monsoon rain in Telangana has been deficit from the onset of June, even higher than the country’s deficit.
The poor monsoon also escalated the woes of the farmers who were already reeling under the dire situation due to poor monsoon and pushed debts. The number of farmers’ suicides has already gone over 100 in Telangana alone.
Monsoon started on a poor note for the country and Telangana was also not fortunate. The state narrowly escaped being scanty, as rain is concerned, since it witnessed a cumulative rain deficit of 59% as against the country’s deficit of 43% for the June end.
This is because most of the monsoon systems that form in the Bay of Bengal and are responsible for giving rain in the country track northwestward across Indo gangetic plains, while few track towards central parts across Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Telangana does not fall directly in the track of the system and therefore receives less rain sometimes.
Even though, in July, the advent of some good showers improved the situation to an extent, the monthly deficit still remained and settled for 40 percent.
Yet, Telangana could not stay deceived by these rain showers for long. The situation was back to being grim in August. The state’s cumulative rain deficit again reached lower 50s, higher than the country’s cumulative rain deficit of 18% for the period of June – August.
According to Skymet Meteorological Division in India, situation could improve as it forecasts rainy days for Telangana in the coming week.
Contrasting to this year, the monsoon season last year was fairly better for Telangana as the sub-division had witnessed 26% of rain surplus for the monsoon period.
