Region overcomes shortfall post heavy rains

 

 

The heavy to very heavy rainfall in last 48 hours has helped overcome rainfall deficit in Vidarbha. East Vidarbha region, which was facing the rainfall deficit since the beginning of monsoon, has finally come out of deficit. East Vidarbha witnessed the delayed onset of monsoon this year whereas all other parts of Vidarbha had early onset as compared to normal date. In June, the districts of Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondia were in deficit which continued till July 15. Due to lack of presence of cyclonic circulations in Bay of Bengal in June and first half of July, East Vidarbha received less monsoon rains initially. However, in last 48 hours, widespread rains all over Vidarbha reduced the rainfall backlog.

 

On July 21, Nagpur district received 457 mm rainfall as against 390.6 mm normal rainfall. Similarly, Bhandara and Gondia districts, which faced the highest rainfall deficit till July 15 this year, are now hovering near the ‘normal’ mark. Till Sunday, Bhandara received 466.2 mm rainfall against 436.2 mm normal rainfall and Gondia received 432.5 mm rainfall against 483.6 mm normal rainfall.

 

 

Yavatmal district received the highest rainfall till date as it received 42% excess rains. Yavatmal received 492.6 mm rainfall whereas the normal is 347.2 mm. Similarly, Buldhana (26%), Chandrapur (29%), Gadchiroli (21%) and Wardha (37%) also received excess monsoon rains in the first half of monsoon. Remaining districts like Akola, Amravati and Washim also received normal rains. In Nagpur district, Kamptee taluka received the highest 156.7% rainfall till date.

 

 

 

The normal rain till July 21 in Kamptee is 397.2 mm whereas the taluka received 622.3 mm rains. Last year, on this same date, Kamptee had rainfall deficit with only 70% rains. Bhiwapur taluka is the second in the list with 142.2% rains so far. Bhiwapur received 586.1 mm rainfall till date in against 412.1 mm of normal. Last year Bhiwapur received 112.5% excess rains. Nagpur city and rural also received excess rains till date as Nagpur city received 135.2% and Nagpur rural got 138.3% rainfall. After intense rain on Saturday in Nagpur, the rain took a break for few hours on Sunday morning. It again started in the afternoon which continued till late night. From 8.30 am to 9.30 pm on Sunday, Nagpur city received 23 mm rainfall which was the highest in Vidarbha. India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted more heavy rains in Nagpur district till July 24. Keeping the prediction in mind, the administration on Sunday appealed citizens to take precaution during this period and asked all departments to be ready to avoid any incident. On Sunday, Bhandara received 9 mm rainfall followed by Gadchiroli (4 mm), Amravati (1 mm), Chandrapur (3 mm), Wardha (1 mm), Yavatmal (1 mm) and Gondia (0.4 mm). Other parts including Akola, Buldana, Brahmapuri and Washim were dry.