Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 18
Forecasting that strong wind and hail might injury plantation, horticulture and standing crops, the climate division suggested farmers on Saturday to postpone harvesting of crops in Punjab and Haryana in addition to in another components of the nation. The weatherman has additionally cautioned farmers to retailer their crops at protected locations if already harvested,
With many components of north India experiencing intermittent showers over the previous 24 hours, which has introduced down the temperatures, the climate division has additionally requested farmers to withhold irrigation to wheat to keep away from water-logging.
According to a climate bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday, scattered to pretty widespread gentle or average rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds are doubtless over the western Himalayan area and Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi from March 18-20.
Some adjoining locations in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan can also expertise hailstorm, the IMD bulletin added. A prevailing western disturbance in cyclonic circulation in decrease tropospheric ranges has been cited as the explanation for the prevailing climate.
Rain within the month of March up to now has been lower than the lengthy interval common in north-west India. While rainfall has been poor by 82 % and 74 % in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, respectively, it’s beneath par by 8 % in Punjab.
The month of February too was bleak. While the agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana remained nearly dry, with the deficiency being 99 %, rains within the hill state of Himachal Pradesh had been brief by 71 %.
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