Revival in monsoon to spur sowing

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Bloomberg Mumbai
Last Updated : Feb 05 2013 | 1:20 AM IST
Monsoon, which accounts for four-fifths of the nation's annual rainfall, may revive in the next four days, the weather office said, bringing relief to cotton and sugar farmers in the western states.
 
Rains haven't moved to western parts of the country since May 29 after cyclone Gonu disrupted the weather front that induced an early onset over the southern state of Kerala, said A B Mazumdar, deputy director general at the India Meteorological Department.
 
"We will be worried only if there is an undue delay in the monsoon," said O P Agarwal, executive director at the East India Cotton Association. "Preparation for cotton-sowing has not been hampered by the lack of rains."
 
Rains have so far covered Kerala, southern parts of Tamil Nadu, parts of Karnataka, Goa and southern Bay of Bengal.
 
"The monsoon weather system was disrupted by the cyclonic storm and could now take three to four days to re-establish," Mazumdar said in a telephone interview from Pune.

 
 

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