Weather replace: As rains lashed several parts of India, the climate workplace requested farmers to postpone harvest of mustard in Punjab and Haryana, and wheat and pulses in central Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The western disturbance-induced rains offered respite from excessive temperatures, however despatched farmers scrambling to defend their crops. Some parts of hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh additionally witnessed snowfall.
“Postpone harvesting of mustard till cessation of rains in Punjab and Haryana; if already harvested, store at safe places to avoid losses. Withhold irrigation to wheat crops to avoid lodging,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.
IMD advisory for farmers:
The climate workplace suggested use of hail nets to defend apple, pear, plum and peach orchards in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in addition to for fruit plantations in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. For farmers in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the IMD has recommended to perform harvesting of matured mustard, chickpea and wheat on the earliest and retailer them in a protected place.
It stated most temperatures are within the vary of 33-37 levels Celsius over most locations within the plains of the nation. These are close to regular or beneath regular over most parts of the nation, the IMD added.
“Interestingly, heat wave conditions have been absent across most parts of India, consecutively for the second week of March 2023 due to favourable synoptic systems and active western disturbances moved across north India,” stated the Extended Range Forecast (ERF) for the following two weeks issued by the IMD on Thursday night.
The climate workplace has forecast scattered to pretty widespread gentle to reasonable rainfall with thunderstorms and hailstorms over the western Himalayan area until Monday.
“Due to possible rainfall/thunderstorm exercise over most parts of the nation throughout the subsequent 4 to fivedays, most temperatures are very possible to be close to regular or beneath regular over most parts of the nation throughout most days of the week,” the ERF stated.
(With companies inputs)
