Last fortnight’s wet spell makes good Prakasam’s rainfall deficit
The Hindu
Farmers will not have any problem taking up kharif cultivation: official
Unabated rain in the drought-prone district of Prakasam in the first fortnight of August has ended its dry spell and made good the district’s rainfall deficit. Under the influence of a weather system in the Bay of Bengal, the district experienced widespread rainfall in the last 7 days. With this, the district received 103.7 mm rainfall in August as against the normal rainfall of 107 mm helping farmers to sow crops in more than 1.14 lakh hectares. The wet spell in Ongole, which saw heavy downpour on Tuesday morning, will continue in the next 48 hours as well, according to weather officials.More Related News
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