Monsoon recedes in Rajasthan, Met not sure of its revival

JAIPUR: The south west monsoon has receded from the state and the Jaipur Met office is not sure if it will revive. It is though partially active in some parts of the state. It appears that the monsoon spell is almost over in the state. Mild showers will continue at some of the places in the state while weather mainly remained dry in the state on Monday.
A week ago, many places in the state witnessed torrential rains when 200-300 mm of rain was recorded. However, for the past seven days the monsoon activity is almost negligible in the state. Kanwas (Kota) received highest rainfall in the state as 100 mm of rain was recorded. It was followed by Atru (Baran), Kolayat (Bikaner) and Magra (Bikaner) with 30 mm each and Khanpur (Jhalwar), Shahpura (Bhilwara), Kota with 20 mm each. Many places received rain varying from 10 mm to 5 mm.
City residents woke up amidst a cloudy Monday morning which continued throughout the day, but the clouds did not convert into rains. The weather was mainly pleasant due to the cloudy conditions as maximum temperature of 36.1 degree Celsius was recorded. However the recent spell of showers has affected many city roads, which are littered with potholes now. There has also been a sudden rise in fever cases at the OPD sections of SMS and other hospitals in the city.
Compared to 2013, the state merely had a monsoon stint of one month so far and at least seven districts in the state still have deficit rain. “The state still needs more rains to get more water especially in the districts, which has received deficit rain so far. I believe there is still some monsoon left in the state. It has receded from the northern India, let’s hope it revives,” said an official with the state irrigation department.
The districts including Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur, Sriganganagar, Hanumangarh, Churu and others are yet to get a good amount of rainfall. “Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh are agriculture dominated villages and badly need a good spell of rain,” said the officer.
On the state’s agricultural scenario, the officer said, “The sowing this season has been almost 70% and last week indicated that we can achieve the target of 100% sowing, but the monsoon has started receding.”