Monsoon has been vigorous over the state of Maharashtra on the last day as well. Most parts of the state, particularly, Konkan division has recorded extremely heavy rains.
As per Skymet Weather, moderate to heavy with isolated very heavy showers continued to occur over Konkan region, meanwhile, Vidarbha and many parts of Madhya Maharashtra region recorded moderate to isolated heavy rains. On the other hand, rains over Marathwada remained subdued.
In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Sunday, Thane recorded 175 mm of extremely heavy rains, Mumbai 95 mm, Dahanu 87 mm, Gondia 86 mm, Chandrapur 54 mm, Vengurla 46 mm, Satara 27 mm, Nashik 37 mm, Bramhapuri 32 mm, Kolhapur 26 mm, Buldhana 21 mm, and Nagpur recorded 16 mm of rains.
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As per Skymet Weather, a cyclonic circulation is persisting over south coastal Gujarat. Therefore, we expect light to moderate with few heavy to very heavy spells to continue over Konkan region for the next 24 hours. Thereafter, rains would reduce over North Konkan but will continue over parts of South Konkan region.
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Moderate to heavy showers are also expected to occur over Vidarbha, which would be due to the presence of a well-marked low-pressure area over coastal Odisha. This weather system is expected to move inland towards west, leading to an increase in rain activities over Vidarbha.
However, Marathwada would continue to get subdued rains but the weather will not be absolutely dry as light rains would still continue.
At this stage, let us see the impact of this weather on the agriculture belt of Maharashtra:
In the wake of heavy rains, farmers are advised to transplant rice as early as possible. Farmers should also remove excess water from the field and maintain the optimum water level in the rice field.
Farmers are also advised to prepare water channels to drain out excess water from coconut and arecanut. In Vidarbha, before sowing pigeon pea, groundnut, and Soybean, seeds should be treated with crop-specific Rhizobium culture and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria. In Marathwada, farmers are advised to control the attack of leaf-eating caterpillar in the Soybean crop.
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