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Monsoon stuck for 6 days, but not a worry yet
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Saturday, 29 May, 2010, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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India’s annual monsoon, vital for farming and economic growth, has not advanced in the past six days due to last week’s cyclone Laila that played havoc in Andhra Pradesh, but weather officials said there was as yet no cause for worry. According to earlier predictions by the India Meteorological Office, this year monsoon was scheduled to hit the mainland at least by a week in advance. However, the monsoon will now hit the mainland on May 30, two days before the normal date of June 1, by entering the southern state of Kerala.
Facing high food prices after the monsoon failed last year, India is heavily counting on normal June-September rainfall to help the government tackle supply side inflation. Monsoon winds were weak, and might need up to two days to strengthen, said D Sivananda Pai, director of the National Climate Centre in Pune.
“It is already raining in Kerala, but we are waiting for certain characteristics of monsoon,” said Pai. Officials say they declare the onset of monsoon only if the rainfall on the southern tip of the country is accompanied by other developments, including a particular level of moisture in the air, the spread of rains and other parameters.
– Agencies
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