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Jamshedpur, June 29: Finally, monsoon has set in over Jharkhand, though less in intensity than in previous years and a fortnight late.
Announcing the good news that extends to Bihar, G.C. Debnath, the director of the regional meteorological centre at Alipore in Calcutta, said: “Monsoon has set in over Jharkhand. It was delayed by about a fortnight. We have also confirmed the phenomenon with Indian Meteorological Department.”
However, the monsoon wasn’t strong enough, leading to uneven rainfall across the state. “We have received reports of rainfall from several places across Jharkhand since last evening,” he said.
The director of Ranchi meteorological office, G.K. Mohanty, spoke of the possibility of heavy rains accompanied by thunder at several places across the state in the next two days.
The state capital received heavy rains today. Dhanbad, too, heaved a sigh of relief with the skies opening up for about an hour, bringing down temperatures considerably.
The Met office recorded rainfall of 31mm between 1.45pm and 2.30pm in Ranchi today. Yesterday, Ranchi received 10.2mm rain. Nearby regions of Hazaribagh, Ramgarh and Khunti also received significant rainfall today.
But Jamshedpur, Chaibasa and Seraikela recorded rainfall of below 2mm in the last 24 hours.
A. Wadood, the weather scientist at Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), pointed out that the Arabian Sea component of the monsoon was stronger than the Bay of Bengal component and that monsoon had come to Jharkhand via a different route.
“The monsoon did not follow its usual path while arriving in Jharkhand. Usually it arrives in the state from the central and north Bay of Bengal. But, this time it came from Maharashtra, traversing through Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, before reaching Bihar and Jharkhand,” he said.
Wadood said since the activity, which helped create favourable conditions for monsoons was weak over central and north Bay of Bengal, it was very unpredictable this year. “The monsoon trough seems to be weak and might break within a day or two,” he warned.
According to the Met department, Japla near Daltonganj received the highest rainfall of 64.5mm during the past 24-hours, followed by Tilaiya in Hazaribagh with 55.2mm and Barki Suraiya in Giridih with 44.8mm.
Tenughat in Bokaro district experienced a rainfall of 43.2mm since yesterday.
Last year, Jharkhand received about 1,500mm of rain against an average of 1,398mm. Pakur district received the maximum rainfall of 1,700mm as the monsoon usually hits it first. This year though the monsoon has followed a different path.
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