New Delhi, Wednesday, 25 July A fresh surge of southwesterly winds along the west coast is boding well for Kerala during the next few days. The moisture-laden winds are strengthening along the Kerala coast to give boost to rainfall allover Kerala. Heavy showers with isolated very heavy spells at a few places are predicted in the next twenty four to forty eight hours.
There have been good rainfalls over north Kerala but a poor show in south that has a 50 % rain-deficit and made things worse for the state. The state received only 75 cm of rainfall till June 24 against the normal 123 cm it should have received from the first week of June.
Kerala is the gateway to Indian monsoon but the delayed arrival of monsoon by almost four to five days and a slow progress of monsoon after that has marred the state's agricultural produces as well as hydro power generation.
The state also depends on hydel power for most of its electricity demands but inflow into reservoirs has not been good due to scanty rainfall throughout this season. Reservoirs lack by one thousand million units compared to last year's inflow of 1702 million units.
