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Monsoon Fails, It's Dry Spell in Central, N-Western India
NEW DELHI: The meteorologists have been proved wrong. The monsoon, scheduled to break over Delhi on June 29 and earlier in other places in the central region, has failed to arrive A dry spell has cast its shadow everywhere and the heat of the summer months of May and June spills over. The affected states are Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, most of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. If the dry spell continues, drought-like conditions will set in soon. Water will become a scarce commodity, especially for farmers in the country-side, as the sources will dry up and ground water level will drop. -India
Overseas Monsoon
Advances; Delhi Is Still Hot
In Assam, in eastern India, Brahmaputra is in floods and lakhs of people have been affected. Floods have started playing havoc in Bihar too. The normal monsoon date for Delhi is June 29. But it is yet to break over. However, there had been pre-monsoon showers over a week ago. Meteorological officials said a weakness in the low pressure system over Rajasthan before June 28 led to the delay in monsoon reaching the Capital. Despite the showers, Delhi continues to be very hot in day and night. Max temperature is around 40 degrees C and the minimum 30 degrees C. During May-June summer months the plains were sweltering in unprecedented heat wave not experienced for long years. The temperature was 45 to 48 degrees at most places. In Andhra Pradesh, heat wave claimed about 200 lives. People were advised to stay indoors between 12 noon and 4 pm, and take plenty of water. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh were among the other worst hit states with high casualty figures.
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