October rains of India can be a very good thing, threaten harvesting

India is expected to receive more than average rainfall in October, following rainfall above normal rainfall, a weather official said on Tuesday.

Rainfalls above average in October could harm summer crops such as rice, cotton, soy, corn and pulses approaching the harvest.

The country is likely to receive more than average rainfall more than 115% of the average of 50 years in October, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of the Meteorological Department of India (IMD), said in a virtual news interview.

India received 15% more than average rainfall in September, increasing the total surplus of the monsoon for June-September to 8%, he said.

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Muson is the soul of India’s nearly $ 4 trillion economy, providing almost 70% of rainfall needed for aqueous farms and replenishing aquifers and tanks.

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Almost half of India’s agricultural land is not irrigated and depends on the annual June-September rains for crop development.

However, excessive monsoon rainfall in recent weeks have begun to destroy summer crops in states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Central, eastern and southern areas are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the first half of October due to the development of a low -pressure area in the Bengal Gulf, Mohapatra said.

This system is also delaying the withdrawal of the monsoon from Central India, which has so far receded from the northwest parts of the country, he said.

Mouson usually completes his retreat from all over the country until October 15.

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Crops urgently need dry weather to recover from recent heavy rainfall and allow farmers to harvest mature products, a bombing representative with a global shopping home said.

“If it continues to rain as the weather office says, farmers could consider huge losses, especially for cotton, soy and minerals,” the dealer said.

Maximum temperatures in October are likely to be on average below average due to surplus rainfall, Mohapatra said.