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Last Weeks Rain Improves Crop Sowing

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With the monsoon rainfall in the past week being 25 per cent above normal, the overall deficiency in precipitation this year has declined to 24 per cent from 29 per cent last week. The water level in major reservoirs has also gone up by around 7 per cent in one week.

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First Published: Aug 20 2002 | 12:00 AM IST

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