Gear up for sowing, NCMRWF tells Gangetic farmers

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New Delhi, June 26 (UNI) Farmers of Central India and Gangetic plains were today advised to gear up for sowing Kharif crops as widespread rain was expected towards the end of the week in the region.

The advisory came in a weekly bulletin issued by the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) here.

Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab and Delhi should raise paddy nursery by selecting varieties like K-39, Palam Dhan, Pant Dhan-12, PR-108 and Pusa Basmati-1 respectively and allow sufficient standing water in the nursery to avoid iron deficiency, it said.

''In central India and eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, farmers are advised to raise medium and short duration varieties of paddy,'' it added.

The NCMRWF said though the southwest monsoon was in weak phase during past two weeks and 18 meteorological subdivisions of the country reported scanty and 8 met subdivisions deficient rainfall between June 15 to 21, monsoon activity had advanced northwards once again.

Conditions were favourable for further advance of monsoon over remaining parts of Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, many parts of east Uttar Pradesh and some parts of south Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh during the next 3-4 days, it said.

''Monsoon has revived over peninsular India and (was) likely to progress over central India and Gagetic plains,'' it said.

A cyclonic circulation was likely to develop over west central Bay of Bengal around June 29. This circulation may intensify into a low pressure area and cause good rainfall activity over eastern parts of the country, it said.

Rainfall over Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa and coastal Andhra Pradesh was likely to increase around June 29 and 30. This was likely to extend into Chhattisgarh, east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, east Uttar Pradesh and Telengana subsequently, the India Metereological Department said.

The weather phenomenon may enhance rainfall over Konkan and Goa and central Maharashtra also, it said.

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