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The continuous rain in most parts of north-west India, including national capital Delhi, since the last 24 hours has been almost 115 per cent more than normal, data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed.
North-west India comprising of states like UP, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana has received around 15.9 millimeters of rainfall on July 11 as against a normal of 7.9 millimeters.
In Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh, the showers have been almost 200 per cent more than normal. The region has received 19.9 millimeters of rainfall on Saturday as against a normal of 6.7 millimeters. The relentless rains have also pushed up the total seasonal cumulative average for the region to over 18 per cent above normal, the data showed.
The revival of rains over this crucial agriculture belt of India is expected to boost sowing of paddy, coarse cereals and pulses. The met department said that the current bout of rains over North India is expected to sustain at least till July 14, after which it might slow down.
Overall, across the country, strong revival of southwest monsoon since Monday has pulled down the deficit to just 1 per cent as on Saturday. After the first week of July, the monsoon deficit was almost 4 per cent and it has been steadily narrowing since then.
Private weather forecasting agency, Skymet, too said that rains would continue over North India for the next 2 days.
