Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said very heavy rainfall is likely to occur over parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Sikkim on July 3. Kerala and Karnataka are expected to receive heavy rainfall on July 4 and 5.
IMD has issued an alert for very heavy rainfall in northeastern states over the next five days.
Bihar recorded a monsoon deficiency of almost 79 per cent since the monsoon began. However, within five days, the deficiency data have decreased and are now at 31%. Heavy rains have fallen over the state. These rains will continue but won't be strong enough. Furthermore, the state of Bihar can expect a week-long rainstorm and the state will not go dry. Rains will become more intense when the Bay of Bengal system grows around July 5, 6, and 7, and then lessen as the system passes away from the state.
The southwest monsoon storm reached the whole country six days ahead of it normal schedule on Sunday, July 2 according to the India Meteorological Department. Normally, the monsoon arrives in India on June 1 and spreads throughout the country by July.
A landslide hit the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Monday, disrupting traffic movement in one lane of the strategic road, officials said. The landslide occurred in the Kunfer area of Chanderkote, they said. The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country.Traffic in one lane of the highway was affected due to the landside. The movement of traffic in the other lane remains unaffected, the officials said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional office at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has issued a yellow warning spanning from July 3 to 7 for 18 districts in Odisha. As per the IMD's predictions, there is a high probability of light to moderate rainfall or thunder-showers expected in select locations across the districts of Odisha."Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nayagarh, Angul." IMD prediction for July 3 from 8:30 am.
Retail tomato prices have surged up to Rs 140 per kg in the Delhi-NCR region due to the supply disruption from the producing centres owing to rains. Wholesale prices of tomato at Azadpur Mandi here, Asia's largest wholesale fruits and vegetables market, were ruling in the range of Rs 60-120 per kg, depending on the quality on Monday. Mother Dairy's Safal was selling tomato at Rs 99 per kg on Sunday. Online retailer Otipy was quoting tomato hybrid at Rs 140 per kg and BigBasket Rs 105-110 per kg on Monday.
A portion of a road subsided amid heavy rains in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a district official said on Monday. A portion of a road between Jawhar and Dhaberi subsided as rains lashed the district on Sunday, the official said, adding that no one was injured.In other rain-related incidents, a terrace wall of a building declared dangerous by the authorities collapsed due to heavy rains in Ambernath town of neighbouring Thane district on Sunday, a district disaster control official said. The terrace wall of a four-storey building collapsed, and the structure was 30 years old, he said.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted intense spell of rainfall likely to continue over south Peninsular India and Konkan and Goa during next 4-5 days.Isolated extremely heavy rainfall also likely over Kerala from 3rd to 5th and Coastal & South Interior Karnataka on 4th July.
Light to moderate rain showers are likely to occur in Odisha for the next five days, starting today, said IMD. Some of the districts are Balasore, Cuttack, Jajpur, Puri, and Boudh among others.
To prevent water stagnation, the met department's agri-advisory has advised farmers to drain surplus water from crop fields. The areas sown for paddy, legumes, and cotton have decreased by 26.3%, 1.9%, and 14%, respectively, according to figures released by the agriculture ministry on June 30. An official stated that "Kharif crops sowing typically picks up pace in July after the monsoon covers the entire country."
To improve the tomato value chain, ensuring that consumers can purchase the crop at reasonable costs, and assist tomato farmers in receiving fair compensation for their output, the government launched the Tomato Grand Challenge (TGC) Hackathon at a time when tomato prices have reached Rs 80–100 per kg. TGC was developed in conjunction with Ministry ofEducation's Innovation Cell and the Department of Consumer Affairs.
IMD issued ‘extremely heavy rainfall’ warning over Coastal and South Interior Karnataka for July 4. The weather office also issued isolated heavy to heavy rainfall over South Interior Karnataka, Coastal Karnatakatill July 6.
Kerala had a weak start to the monsoon with a 60 percent decrease in June's rainfall. According to Skymet, the coast is likely to receive an increase in rainfall over the next few days.
