Heavy rains disrupt agriculture across Madhya Pradesh:Farmers report crop losses, monsoon retreat delayed, eastern districts receive surplus rainfall this season

Amidst its departure, Madhya Pradesh will experience another spell of monsoon rains this week. According to the Meteorological Department, a new system is becoming active from October 1. Due to this, many districts might experience rain even on the day of Dussehra. The southern part will be more affected. Currently, there is an alert for light rain. Senior meteorologist Dr. Divya E. Surendran said that light rain is expected in the state for the next 4 days. Conditions of thunder, lightning, and strong winds also persisted. From the fifth day, a spell of heavy rain might start again. Before this, the spell of rain continued on Monday as well. The monsoon has receded from Gwalior, but on Monday, over an inch of rain fell here in 9 hours. Light rain was also recorded in Bhopal, Datia, Khargone, Barwani, Narmadapuram, Mandla, and Sagar. Rainwater entered the fields of Talwada Buzurg village, 11 kilometers away from Barwani district headquarters. Local farmer Rakesh Mukati said – the okra and maize crops planted in three hectares of land have been ruined. There was a loss of about Rs 80 thousand . Meanwhile, in Khargone, the quality of cotton has been affected due to moisture. The auction in the market has been stopped for one week. Farmers are drying cotton in their homes, while ginning operators are drying cotton in the factory premises. Pritesh Agarwal, director of KK Fibers, said- 700 quintals of cotton kept for drying in the ginning factory got wet and washed away. Due to rain, farmers are unable to pick cotton from the fields. Wet cotton is breaking off from the plants and falling. Departure will begin after one week
Due to the formation of a new system, the monsoon will not depart from the state for now. The monsoon will start retreating after one week. It should be noted that the monsoon has already departed from 12 districts of the state. These include Gwalior, Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Datia, Shivpuri, Guna, Agar-Malwa, Neemuch, Mandsaur, and Ratlam. The monsoon has departed from some parts of Rajgarh and Ashoknagar. According to the Meteorological Department, the conditions are not yet favorable for the monsoon’s retreat. Let us tell you that this year, the monsoon arrived in Madhya Pradesh on June 16. The monsoon entered the state one day later than its scheduled time. According to the Meteorological Department, the monsoon usually withdraws from all districts of the state by October 6, but due to the formation of a new system, the withdrawal date may be extended. 122 percent rainfall so far Let us tell you, the monsoon arrived in the state on June 16. Since then, an average of 45.1 inches of rainfall has occurred. So far, 37.3 inches of rain was expected. According to this, 7.8 inches more rain has fallen. The state’s normal average rainfall is 37.2 inches. This quota was completed last week itself. So far, 122 percent rainfall has occurred. Highest rainfall in Guna This time, Guna has received the most rainfall. 65.6 inches of rain has been recorded. Mandla-Raisen has received more than 62 inches and Sheopur-Ashoknagar more than 56 inches of rain. Meanwhile, Shajapur, Khargone, Khandwa, Barwani, and Dhar are among the top-5 districts with the least rainfall. Shajapur has received 28.9 inches, Khargone 29.6 inches, Khandwa 32 inches, Barwani 33.5 inches, and Dhar 33.6 inches of rain. Indore division’s situation also improved
From the beginning of this monsoon season, the situation in Indore and Ujjain divisions was not good. At one point, Indore had the least rainfall in the state. This led to speculation whether Indore would even receive normal rainfall this time. However, due to heavy rainfall in September, Indore completed its quota of normal rainfall. The rainfall situation also improved in all districts of the division. On the other hand, Ujjain district has still not completed its quota. Among the districts with the least rainfall, Shajapur is at the top. Gwalior, Chambal-Sagar the best
Ever since the monsoon entered MP, the eastern parts, i.e., Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar, and Shahdol divisions, have received heavy rainfall. Strong rain systems remained active here. Many districts including Chhatarpur, Mandla, Tikamgarh, Umaria were flooded. Monsoon has also rained heavily in Gwalior-Chambal. All 8 districts here have received more water than their quota. These include Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashoknagar, Bhind, Morena, Datia, and Sheopur. Out of 49, 5 districts from Bhopal division, 8 from Indore, 8 from Jabalpur, 5 from Gwalior, 6 from Sagar, 4 from Ujjain, all 3 from Chambal, 3 from Shahdol, 5 from Rewa, and 3 from Narmadapuram division are included. ​