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Only a handful of met subdivisions towards the east of the country show any rain deficit of consequence with only one week to go before the monsoon starts to exit from extreme north-west India. The sole exception to this trend is Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi in the north-west that sports a 29 per cent deficit as on Thursday. Seasonal deficit for the country has been maintained at a negligible one per cent for more than a week now.
Updated India Meteorological Department (IMD) statistics on Thursday showed the southern peninsula making a smart recovery in terms of rainfall received by posting a surplus of four per cent. Seven out of the 10 met subdivisions have recorded excess rainfall as on date during the season.
Over east India, Jharkhand (+8 per cent), Bihar (+4 per cent) and Gangetic West Bengal (+25 per cent) find themselves in the ‘surplus' category. Major deficits have been reserved for the north-east, topped up by Assam and Meghalaya (28 per cent), Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura (25 per cent) and Arunachal Pradesh (17 per cent). But no major reversal of situation is being seen for this region during the rest of the season given the phase of the monsoon, according to various model forecasts.
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