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Worst monsoon in 3 years: Indian Metrological Department
Viju B, TNN Jul 17, 2012, 05.41AM IST
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rains seem to have deserted God's Own Country this year. This is the worst monsoon phase over a three-year period when one considers the first phase of monsoon after analyzing 40 days of average rainfall beginning June 1.
With the exception of 2008, when Kerala witnessed a below normal monsoon, the state received scanty rainfall during the past five years, according to a month -to- month data comparison. The average rainfall received in the last forty days was 657.3 mm, a decrease of 285.4 mm below the normal range, said the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Last year, the rainfall between June 1 and July 11 was 897.1 mm, an increase of 239.8 mm when compared to this year's figure. In 2010, during the same period, the state received 849.8mm, which is 192.5 mm more than this years' rainfall. Similarly in 2009, the state received 840.6 mm rainfall, an increase of 183.3 mm compared to this year data.
"We had a very weak monsoon this year. It usually picks up after a couple weeks even if it arrives late. The arrival of monsoon varies from May 25 to June 8 each year. But it usually picks up by the middle of June," IMD director K Santhosh told TOI. He said that the reason for the decrease in rainfall is due to the weak north- westward monsoon current. "Due to this phenomenon, the rain clouds are not being pushed towards the Western Ghats region, so that the dense clouds get condensed into a continuous downpour,'' he said.
Santhosh said the low frequency pressure that was generated in the Bay of Bengal which normally strengthens the monsoon current and thereby strengthens the rainfall in Kerala has not occurred this year.
State planners said they are worried that this year because Kerala, which is already struggling to procure power, may witness a huge power deficit within a couple of months after the monsoon. "We will be forced to begin power cuts as the state hugely depends on power generated from hydro-electric projects,'' said a state official.
The state agriculture department officials said that the paddy crop yields may suffer especially in arid areas like Palakkad. "We are already facing an agrarian crisis and the ground water levels in many panchayats have gone down drastically. Around 60% of the population depends on wells for drinking water, which in turn are fed by rainwater that seep into the soil every year. In case of a bad monsoon, wells tend to dry up,'' a senior official with the irrigation department said.
Worst monsoon in 3 years: Indian Metrological Department - Times Of India