Severe heat continues in northern India due to possibility of weakening of monsoon

13-Jun-2024 03:08 PM

New Delhi. After reaching the country two days before the scheduled time and showing activity for a few days, the southwest monsoon has now started weakening and its progress has slowed down. It seems that the monsoon may stop somewhere for the next 8-10 days.

Due to this, the outbreak of heat wave and severe heat is likely to continue especially in northern India, while the weather will remain extremely unfavorable in the northwestern provinces as well.

The sowing season of Kharif crops has officially begun, but due to lack of monsoon rains and drying of fields due to high temperature, farmers are facing great difficulty in starting sowing of crops. Monsoon is being awaited in most parts of the country.

The intensity of heat wave is expected to increase further in northern, central and northwestern India, due to which sowing of pulses,

oilseeds and grain crops will be delayed there. It is noteworthy that in the Kharif season, soybean, groundnut, castor, pigeon pea, urad, moong, maize, sorghum, millet and cotton along with many other crops are cultivated on a large scale and Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Gujarat, Karnataka and Rajasthan are its leading producing states. Heavy rainfall is necessary for sowing the most important food grain of the Kharif season - paddy.

According to a weather expert, the monsoon is expected to move forward rapidly for the next 8-10 days, due to which its arrival in northern India may be delayed. As a result,

scorching sunshine and severe heat may persist in Delhi, UP and Bihar. The monsoon was earlier estimated to arrive in Delhi on June 23, but now it is expected to arrive on June 27. According to an expert, the monsoon is active in South India and it may become active in eastern India by June 15-16.