The annual monsoon rains have arrived at Kerala's coast on Tuesday and have covered entire Kerala, parts of coastal Karnataka, said BP Yadav, director at India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a press conference. He further said, monsoon may also hit Konkan, and Maharashtra in 48 hours.
The annual monsoon rains have arrived at Kerala's coast on Tuesday, a top weather official said, brightening the prospects of higher farm output as farmers can plant summer-sown crops such as rice, soybean and cotton on time.
The monsoon rains were 19% below normal in the week to July 13. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, BP Yadav, director of Met Department said, the weekly rainfall can be below normal, there is a no problem in it. According to him, the next one week also rainfall can be cumulatively slightly below normal.
With inflation soaring and economy growth slowing, all eyes are now on how the monsoons pan out for India. The director of the Metrological Department BP Yadav seems optimistic, and says there is a high probability of normal monsoons.