Monsoon is slowly advancing to provide relief to heat-stricken North India. The Meteorological Department informed on Friday that the South East Monsoon has arrived in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha. Along with this it has moved towards Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Bengal too will soon be drenched with monsoon rains. But the biggest question is when will it reach heat-affected Delhi, UP and Rajasthan? This can be estimated from the monsoon map released by the Meteorological Department.
It reached large areas of Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha, bringing relief to dry heat-stricken areas. “The Southwest Monsoon has reached parts of Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Northwest Bay of Bengal, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Bihar,” the Meteorological Department said. IMD said conditions will be favorable for advance of Southwest Monsoon over Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Ganga and some more parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh during the next three to four days, IMD said.
After reaching the Indian mainland two days earlier than usual and quickly covering several other states, the monsoon did not make any significant progress between 10 and 19 June. This has increased the waiting period for North India, which is battling scorching heat. At the same time, the Meteorological Department in Kolkata said that the Southwest Monsoon has arrived in most parts of North Bengal and warned of heavy rains in the region in the next five days. Meteorologists have predicted heavy to very heavy rain at one or two places in North Bengal’s Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong and Darjeeling districts in the next few days.
Heavy rain warning for 3 days in coastal Karnataka
In Karnataka, the Meteorological Department has issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rain for three days from Saturday in all coastal areas including Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi and Uttara Kannada district. The Meteorological Department issued a statement on Thursday evening saying that all coastal areas of Karnataka including Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts are likely to receive very heavy rainfall ranging from 64.5 mm to 204.4 mm.
Due to active Monsoon over the coastal areas of Karnataka, while some places are likely to receive heavy rainfall ranging from 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm, some places are likely to receive heavy rainfall ranging from 115.5 mm to 204.4 mm. Some areas are also likely to receive heavy rainfall of over 204.4 mm during these three days. Keeping this in mind, people have been asked not to go to the beach for these three days and take precautions.
(with language inputs)